If you’re a performer, remember:

People have problems and joys that you don’t know about - secret pains, relationships, memories, hobbies, pets, deaths, jokes, appetites and friends - all of which may well be more important to them than this moment right now - the one in which they are listening to you sing.

It’s Not All About Me.

People forget. We forget the good things and the bad things. If you’re unlucky and make a mess of your song, people will forget. If you “hit  it out the ballpark” and etch emotional tattoos upon some secret part of their vulnerable hearts, they will still forget. There lives will continue when you are not there. They don’t necessarily care that you are there. It’s not personal.

It’s Not All About Me.

It’s only a song. It’s a moment in time. Give it everything you’ve got.  Then move on to the next moment in time. 

Because It’s Not All About Me.