You Haven’t Worked A Hard Day In Your Life.
“You haven’t worked a hard day in your life”. A friend and strong supporter of the arts recently stated this to me, and the candor this individual had about my work ethic took me by surprise, mostly because I had assumed that this person knew the rigors of my profession (pit musician). While I smiled and laughed at the comment with the necessary grace and humility that was required of the situation, it did make me consider this persistent cultural idea that musicians and theatre artists do not “work”.
