Who would you be

A quote by Frank Serpico, by way of writer Lawrence Grobel, by way of Metafilter:

There’s a quote from Frank Serpico, the NYPD detective who blew the whistle on police corruption in the 60s and 70s and then almost paid with his life for doing so, when asked by the writer Lawrence Grobel why he did what he did:

“Well, Al, I don’t know. I guess I have to say it would be because … if I didn’t, who would I be when I listened to a piece of music?”