1) - Work hard, keep picking yourself up when you fall flat on your face, keep a good attitude as best you can, do not respond to unhealthy competition, don't take anything too seriously, and don't let yourself give up.
2) - Kick, scream, crawl, bitch, and claw yourself over anyone in your path till you get to the top, friends or not.
I think being perfect is boring. I think striving to be perfect is heartbreaking. I think flaws are beautiful. I think hiding your flaws from everyone is lying.
I'd rather be human & come in second place every time than pick option #2. I know which number you've chosen. But then again, I'm really nothing like you.
A dear friend told me this tonight. I haven't smiled so big in a long long time. Because I know its true, even though I'm bashful when people say it. I know I just need to sing. I don't care where, or when, although I hope i don't have to starve to be a singer. I am willing to live in a tiny apartment. I've always wanted to sleep on a mattress on the floor with my sheetmusic in piles all aroundme. I want to make people laugh, I want to make people cry, I want to write songs, I want to write them with other people, I want to make old folks reminisce and I want to make babies stop crying. I want to play my guitar whether I'm the best at it or not, I want to sing jazz, or country, or pop or opera or freaking polka. [not rap, um I'm too white and Ke$ha already took over the increasingly popular talk-sing-I'm-so-hot-and-so-drunk-and-I-never-shower-ever category]
I don't care if I'm the best. I don't care if everyone likes me. I don't care if I'm poor and I don't care if I'm not world famous. I don't care if I'm only a Music Therapist or the next indie sensation or the next Carrie Underwood or just your next door neighbor.
I just need to sing and I need the songs to come from my heart.