I make a living at music, and I love it. I have a very relaxed life. I usually do a nursing home in the morning for an hour, come home for lunch and then do an afternoon gig for an hour. I do an occasional evening, and half of my weekends have an afternoon and/or morning gig.

But another focus of my life is spirituality, and I must say that I know people who sweep floors and work at gas stations that are every bit or more happy than I am, because while they are sweeping they are also doing their meditation mantra and are blissed out.

I spent some time in India, and I met some people who were very poor and had very menial jobs, but seemed very happy - not that there isn't a lot of misery in India too.

Then you find a lot of musicians who are doing drugs and have disasterous relationships.

I think that one's profession is an important factor in determining happiness, but one's inner state can override everything. With the right state of mind, a pauper can be in paradise, and with the wrong state of mind, a king can be in hell.

So if you can't do what you enjoy, enjoy what you do.

Beakybird