Everyone in every field compromises. And maybe I'm glad those fine musicians up on that River Market stage aren't around when I'm writing press releases for large companies on a free-lance basis or trying to breathe life into yet another article about the Arkansas State Fair opening. Every bolt on the Ferris wheel is tightened. The corn dogs are swimming in boiling oil. There is no shame in carrying out the less exciting tasks required to make a living in your business, no matter what business it is.
Architects design simple boxes when necessary.
Artists paint fruit in a bowl when their clients want them. Lawyers try stupid cases. Brilliant actors slop food on plates at the Lucky Seven. They pick their guitars, blow their trumpets and saxes, pound their drums, thump their basses and sing their lungs out. They play to the crowd.