Bill Maher Addressed Touring Musicians and the Shutdown

"The good news is, if the airports are shut on Thanksgiving, you won't have to see your family,"

"My coffee table was a cooler. I had a secondhand couch and a secondhand bed for a while, and all I was doing was writing songs. That's probably the happiest I've ever been in my life."

"A lot of these songs could be done by pop artists."

A government shutdown began to affect air travel, prompting a quip that closed airports on Thanksgiving would spare holiday family visits. Country musician Kenny Chesney reflected on touring since 1993 and recalled early years of financial scarcity, describing a cooler for a coffee table and secondhand furniture while concentrating on songwriting. Chesney called those times among his happiest. Bill Maher recounted similar early austerity and noted an increasing affinity for country music, suggesting many country songs could be performed by pop artists. Both men mentioned not having children and expressed no sense of missing out.

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