you don't need anything

well obviously you need some things, but i'm talking about to start.

strange analogy but i read an article about, who else, florence and the machine and she set one of the first gigs she played was SXSW and it was just her and a guitarist. i've watched footage from that gig, and its amaaaaazing. just her and a guitarist. i'm currently watching her perform at radio ones big weekend and there are all the usual instruments you'd expect in a band, plus a choir and a harp and violins. in the space of two years that pretty good going.

but it just made me think..if we want to do something one of the excuses we use to not do it is 'oh, we don't have the [insert need here]'. that could be equipment, qualifications, know-how, experience etc etc. you just need to take that first step into doing it if you want it, because of course you're not going to have it all. of course some things take more than others...aspiring to be a doctor and aspiring to be a dancer would obviously take different skills. to be a doctor you'd have to attend uni etc, to be a dancer you'd have to begin to learn how to dance. but once you've got the obvious basics down, the only thing stopping you is your own insecurities.




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dear brain: before 12 midnight is time to get tired and fall asleep. after 12 midnight you should not still by wide awake. work this out.