Charlie Byrd — American Musician born on September 16, 1925, died on November 30, 1999

Charlie Lee Byrd was an American guitarist. His earliest and strongest musical influence was Django Reinhardt, the gypsy guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, Byrd collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music... (wikipedia)

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.
A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.
And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs.
The guitar chose me.
A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can.