A rock musician's career is short-lived. To extend it, you need to do other things to keep yourself fresh.
Nick CaveI don't particularly believe all love is doomed. But I guess, one is usually kinda suffering from some aborted love affair or association, rather than being at the peak of one. I think it's fairly obvious that a lot more suffering goes on in the name of love than the little happiness you can squeeze out of it.
Nick Cave