Joyce Fetteroll

I was reading an interview with Rudi Schenker of the Scorpions, which
seems pretty far from unschooling and since he's German it's not even
allowed! ;-) But he wrote a book, Rock Your Life, to inspire people to
do what they love because that's how he's lived his life. (Or inspire
Germans since it isn't translated yet.) It sounded so much like
unschooling all the way through and what unschoolers' lives can look
like after unschooling. I think he'd "get" unschooling.

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> And everybody told me “You guys… what do you want to do when you are
> thirty”? And I said “It’s not important what I’ll do when I’m
> thirty, it’s important what I’m doing now”!
>
> And I feel very good, making music; enjoy every day by doing what
> I’m doing. Like Buddha said “The way is the goal”! That’s the point!
>
> What most people don’t understand… They think that here is the magic
> moment… The magic moment is every day!
>
> I was reading the paper; there was a very important star from
> Germany who said “If you want to be successful you have to work your
> ass off”! I remember I went to my girlfriend and said “Look. I think
> I know what I have to do. I’ll tell people not to work their ass
> off”… Do what you like to do! Have fun and the money comes by itself.
>
> Not everybody becomes a Rockstar, no! It’s only a way that the
> Scorpions did everything wrong in the beginning, to find out at the
> end that they did everything right! Most people listen to other
> people about what they have to do. Look inside and you will find out
> what to do.
>
> Like Paolo Coelho… He was 40 when he decided he wanted to be an
> author. His mother said “What? Your father is an architect, your
> uncle is a doctor! And you want to do something which can’t bring
> any money… That’s wrong”!
>
> That’s the reason I wrote the book. I wanted to give the people an
> example, if you believe in yourself… Most people make decisions
> because of the money… Then you are the slave of money! No fun
> anymore… People who want only money, they are never happy.
>
> You know, our first roadie… he had no job, he wanted to be a roadie.
> He had to carry 20 speakers to the stage, he was working like crazy
> but he was happy! We drove together in a bus and he was a part of
> it! Now he has his own house!
>
> I see so many guitar players that they are so much better than me…
> but they don’t realize what they have… They are never happy… That’s
> the book, with stories and how I came into the music… But the key
> point is to inspire people… “Rock your life” is kick your ass, do
> what you want to do and believe in you!
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The rest of the article is here, mostly about the Scorpions fair well
tour and reflecting back:
http://www.rockpages.gr/detailspage.aspx?id=4968&type=1&lang=EN&sub=

Joyce