I came across this on kot​tke​.org the oth­er day:

As a cre­ative per­son, you’ve been giv­en the abil­i­ty to build things from noth­ing by way of hard work over long peri­ods of time. Cre­ation is a deeply per­son­al and reward­ing activ­i­ty, which means that your Work should also be deeply per­son­al and reward­ing. If it’s not, then some­thing is amiss.

Your muse can only be treat­ed as the sec­re­tary of a sub­com­mit­tee for so long before she decides to pack up and look for employ­ment else­where. If you aren’t able to own the prod­uct and be cre­ative, then you aren’t able to do your work, and if you’re not doing your work then you’re negat­ing a very real part of your per­son­al­i­ty, which is no good for any­one. No good for you and cer­tain­ly no good for your employer.

As a musi­cian — espe­cial­ly as a side­man — I think it’s an inter­est­ing and rel­e­vant point of view.