poor people should learn a skill like playing guitar badly

[SunWukong]

[http://www.metro.co.uk/news/912565-young-people-should-busk-if-they-cant-afford-train-fare-says-tory-mp]

Someone tell the right honourable nut case that you can't make a living doing that and you need a licence, there's a waiting list for the best spots you know.

I think that what he actually said was that personal motivation was a big factor in success - and told a story about the creative director at an advertising agency, who busked to earn the train fare in to London to hawk his portfolio until he got a break.