Nothing can prepare someone for the oft-misconstrued lifestyle of a performing artist.
Broken down buses, bad directions, sleep deprivation, and marathon schedules are often rules rather than exceptions. But when the clouds look like they will overtake the tiniest sliver of durability, there's the humor. Boulder's Danny Shafer of the Danny Shafer Band knows how to chuckle with the best of them. We played one Halloween in a small town in Washington. I drove into town dressed as an alien, got out, and the whole town was dressed in costume.