Fundamentally Unqualified
I have a day off on tour. I’m sitting at a Mexican restaurant in East Nashville in my Ypsilanti t-shirt, surely looking like a tourist. I stupidly thought I would walk to Third Man Records from where I’m staying in East Nashville, got 17 minutes into an hour and half walk in the Tennessee sun, and stopped at the nearest spot that had beer and food.
It was a bad choice that lead me to a great restaurant.
Anyways, I’m reading a copy of the East Nashvillian, and I came across a great quote from Randy Fox’s article about Peter Cooper:
Cooper says, “I only have a Bachelor of Arts degree…no journalism classes, no masters or doctorate, and no singing lessons. I am fundamentally unqualified for anything I do…”
I love that phrase: fundamentally unqualified.
Experience and a willingness to learn trumps all.
I am going to continue to feel a like a tourist in Music Row and have a great time. But first I’m going to get my car..
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