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- How difficult is it to get
a project off the ground?

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I wouldn't say, well okay it's difficult.

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Its not that it's hard though,

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it's just that most things I do

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suck (laughs)

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and don't work (laughs).

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And so it's not hard to do it,

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it's just emotionally draining (laughs).

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(upbeat music)

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I have, yeah, one piece of advice

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for creative people early
on in their careers.

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It's the advice I give every time

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people ask me for advice.

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And it's never changed,

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it's been the same, it's been true for me,

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it's the advice I've taken for myself.

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And I think it's actually the same

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whether you're an artist
or an entrepreneur

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or whatever it is.

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It's very simple,

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don't quit.

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Don't quit.

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Just keep going,

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keep trying new things.

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Doesn't mean keep trying the same thing,

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over and over again.

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You can get yourself into a
big black hole by doing that.

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But try more things.

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If what you're doing isn't working

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just try again.

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I've played as a musician.

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I went on four tours in 2007.

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Four tours

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and sold no tickets (laughs).

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Played to bars

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and in one of the bars I played,

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there was nobody there,

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and I mean Zero people.

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The number zero were there.

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And the bartender left
halfway through my set

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and the room was empty.

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And I was playing this
500 person room, on stage,

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by myself.

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And it's very easy to walk
away from something like that,

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and be like, "Fuck this, I hate music,

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I'm done, this sucks."

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And I think, most people quit

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at that point.

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Most people have an experience
like that, and are like,

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"I'm not getting resonance,

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I'm beating my head
against a wall, I'm out."

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And most people don't
know, they never know

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that they were two months
away, three years away,

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five years away from making
that thing that resonates

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with so many people.

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And instead of just
getting through that gap,

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they quit.

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And my advice to creative
people or entrepreneurs

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or whoever it is, is just don't quit.

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That's all you have to do,

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all you have to do is not quit

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and you'll get through that gap.