Those who don’t ever give up never fail

My time as a musician changed the course of my life forever. There were two aspects to this: On the one hand were the two people involved in training and accompanying me in my music studies, and on the other was the actual practice of music. I loved playing the guitar, I loved playing the bouzouki, I loved singing and I loved practicing rhythm. I remember lying down on the floor with my head flat on the carpet, looking at the metronome and using my hand against the floor to practice the offbeat, starting at 60 and going all the way up to 120 if not faster. I remember being able to achieve a rhythm or scale and just being so gratified with joy that one has no other desire but to share it. I remember Mark saying once “those who don’t ever give up, never fail.”