Chet Waterhouse
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Podcast Appearances
And so I think a lot of those guys have that crisis because they do have an experience that very few people have, which is โ
Does your dreams coming true make you happy?
And yeah, welding is hard.
But as someone who used to wash dishes and bus tables and stuff, there was a great joy in washing dishes.
There was a great mental freedom in not sitting home going, if I don't think of another good joke, this is all over.
Like there's a mental stress in the arts that people don't understand where I would just laugh my ass off all night long watching dishes.
Like here's the dish.
Clean it.
Put it back.
I would just laugh.
I'd sing Who songs all night long.
And so I think it's a different experience a lot of people are having.
And it's hard for people who do manual labor to understand the torture of wondering if you'll ever write a hit song again and doubting yourself and hating yourself.
I mean all these bands.
You're like, what?
I'm sure โ I always think about like REO Speedwagon.
They're just going like, why the fuck can't I write another hit song?
And that is โ that might be a worse feeling than just working hard every day and going home and having accomplished your thing.
So I have compassion for everyone and I think it's all interesting.
So there's a thought which is โ