Dylan #3. Simon Cowell may have said: "You can't sing, you can't write, what are you

[Ankesh]

Hi GJA,

Thanks for your post.

I like the airplane metaphor a mentor of mine shared with me. It takes a lot of fuel to get the airplane in the sky - but then you can put it into cruise control and use less fuel to maintain the same height - once its in the air.

Not many people want to spend the energy and take action to get their airplanes up.

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Another hidden message in your post - and I've been thinking about it since quite some time now - why be a contestant on the show? Why not try to be like Simon Fuller (creator of American Idol)?

Hasn't he managed to create a toll position for all aspiring singers?