A quote we as humans and musicians should live by

[Thunderbird91]

In the arena by Theodore Roosevelt. My 8th grade cultures teacher told us this quote and ever since then whenever I hear someone bicker about something like that I just think of this quote. I think we could all take a lesson especially as musicians from this.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt

[bassplayer7770]

I have one to add.

"Practice is what you do at home. Rehearsal is what you do with the band."

That implies that you do the grunt work and learn songs at home on your own time, and you tighten things up with the band at rehearsals.

[Phalex]

"Chop wood at home"

Not sure who said it, but it is sage advise.