Time & Perspective Quote by Warren Cuccurullo

Cuccurullo’s line lands like a roadie joke told with a wince: yes, he’s had shoulder injuries, but at least those were earned. The key word is “usually” - a little hinge that swings the whole sentence from routine to rupture. In a musician’s mouth, “training” isn’t just gym time; it’s rehearsal marathons, repetitive strain, hauling gear, the unglamorous physical labor that sits underneath the myth of effortless performance. He’s drawing a boundary between pain that comes with purpose and pain that arrives as chaos.

The intent feels defensive but also self-mythologizing in a very rock-world way. Injuries from training imply discipline, control, even professionalism: the body as an instrument you maintain by pushing it. The unspoken alternative is the injury that comes from the other stereotype - accidents, excess, a slip in the lifestyle. By specifying the usual cause, he quietly protects his narrative: if something’s wrong now, don’t assume it’s because he was reckless; assume he was working.

There’s also a cultural tell here about aging in music. For artists who came up when “toughing it out” was a virtue, admitting vulnerability requires a workaround. So he couches fragility inside work ethic. It’s a small, offhand sentence that reveals the bargain of the performing body: your pain is acceptable as long as it can be framed as effort, not failure.