Ditto to Daves comment about listening to artists play live for years and most of us had no idea how difficult it is to do. They make it look so easy, then when you talk with them after the performance and praise their work, most of them act as if it's no big deal.They are so humble about it. If I ever get to a point where I can play and sing in front of people and someone says something like, "Man that sounded great", I hope I say something like - "You should have heard me 5 years ago", or " Hey, I'm just as surprised as you and everbody else is about this!"
I love the Jeff Berlin quote too. I'm thinking about renting a small apartment to practice in, so it won't take so long to get across the room and out the door. LOL!