Craig Finn (Concert Quote)

There is a business aspect to the band as well as a musical performance. And, you know, that part can be hard. And what does it look like when it's hard? Well, I mean, just standard money stuff, you know? I mean, like, here's an example. You book a show, it's in another state, and you make a budget. And when you go to book the flights, they're 30% more than... What you budgeted for. Yeah.

There is a business aspect to the band as well as a musical performance. And, you know, that part can be hard. And what does it look like when it's hard? Well, I mean, just standard money stuff, you know? I mean, like, here's an example. You book a show, it's in another state, and you make a budget. And when you go to book the flights, they're 30% more than... What you budgeted for. Yeah.

There is a business aspect to the band as well as a musical performance. And, you know, that part can be hard. And what does it look like when it's hard? Well, I mean, just standard money stuff, you know? I mean, like, here's an example. You book a show, it's in another state, and you make a budget. And when you go to book the flights, they're 30% more than... What you budgeted for. Yeah.

And you're like, oh, we aren't going to make very much money on this show. And that's like a very sober 1 p.m. conversation. But it's pretty easy for me anyways to have that conversation and be a little disappointed at 1 p.m. And then at 9 p.m. when it's time to get on stage to turn up the amp and be like, well, this is great. This part's great.

And you're like, oh, we aren't going to make very much money on this show. And that's like a very sober 1 p.m. conversation. But it's pretty easy for me anyways to have that conversation and be a little disappointed at 1 p.m. And then at 9 p.m. when it's time to get on stage to turn up the amp and be like, well, this is great. This part's great.

And you're like, oh, we aren't going to make very much money on this show. And that's like a very sober 1 p.m. conversation. But it's pretty easy for me anyways to have that conversation and be a little disappointed at 1 p.m. And then at 9 p.m. when it's time to get on stage to turn up the amp and be like, well, this is great. This part's great.

Still kind of bummed in the back of my mind about the 30% over budget on the flights. Yeah. But, like, I can forget about that easily for the next two hours. Sometimes, again, it's not ticket sales, it's the expenses, you know? Or, you know, there's a lot of business stuff that is kind of boring, but it is part of being in the band, you know?

Still kind of bummed in the back of my mind about the 30% over budget on the flights. Yeah. But, like, I can forget about that easily for the next two hours. Sometimes, again, it's not ticket sales, it's the expenses, you know? Or, you know, there's a lot of business stuff that is kind of boring, but it is part of being in the band, you know?

Still kind of bummed in the back of my mind about the 30% over budget on the flights. Yeah. But, like, I can forget about that easily for the next two hours. Sometimes, again, it's not ticket sales, it's the expenses, you know? Or, you know, there's a lot of business stuff that is kind of boring, but it is part of being in the band, you know?

And especially for me as someone who gets involved in that.

And especially for me as someone who gets involved in that.

And especially for me as someone who gets involved in that.

Yeah, I do because, you know, I turned 50. I'm 51 now, but, you know, like when I get together with friends from college, I mean, like the whole study has allowed me to do amazing things, but I'm certainly not anywhere near wealthy. And it's probably another path would have led me to more wealth or more stability or something. And so, yeah, when you're getting together with the guys that – 51.

Yeah, I do because, you know, I turned 50. I'm 51 now, but, you know, like when I get together with friends from college, I mean, like the whole study has allowed me to do amazing things, but I'm certainly not anywhere near wealthy. And it's probably another path would have led me to more wealth or more stability or something. And so, yeah, when you're getting together with the guys that – 51.

Yeah, I do because, you know, I turned 50. I'm 51 now, but, you know, like when I get together with friends from college, I mean, like the whole study has allowed me to do amazing things, but I'm certainly not anywhere near wealthy. And it's probably another path would have led me to more wealth or more stability or something. And so, yeah, when you're getting together with the guys that – 51.

And your friend's talking about sending his kid off to college and then they're going to go down to their beach house. And you're like, well, there's a part of me that says that sounds nice. I understand I didn't pursue that, you know, but there is a part that's like, well, that does sound nice. And those are people who follow more of like the Amex path. Yeah. Yeah. Some sort of traditional path.

And your friend's talking about sending his kid off to college and then they're going to go down to their beach house. And you're like, well, there's a part of me that says that sounds nice. I understand I didn't pursue that, you know, but there is a part that's like, well, that does sound nice. And those are people who follow more of like the Amex path. Yeah. Yeah. Some sort of traditional path.

And your friend's talking about sending his kid off to college and then they're going to go down to their beach house. And you're like, well, there's a part of me that says that sounds nice. I understand I didn't pursue that, you know, but there is a part that's like, well, that does sound nice. And those are people who follow more of like the Amex path. Yeah. Yeah. Some sort of traditional path.

Well, there's this funny thing that I was thinking of on the way over here because I knew what we were going to talk about a little bit. And every once in a while, I'd say like 10 times in my career, I've been cornered by this guy.

Well, there's this funny thing that I was thinking of on the way over here because I knew what we were going to talk about a little bit. And every once in a while, I'd say like 10 times in my career, I've been cornered by this guy.