Well said

I’ve been thinking a lot about art, what makes someone call themselves an artist, and whether or not I qualify as one anymore, or if I really ever did… An arts degree doesn’t make you an artist by any means, for some it can help you get there… then again some of my favorite artists have had no formal training whatsoever and they seem to have been better off.

“A rock star is not someone who takes the temperature, who gauges the marketplace before he creates his “art”. A rock star is someone who needs to create and is willing to tolerate the haters along with the fans. He’s someone who incites controversy just by existing. That’s what we lost in the dash for cash. Unique voices. I’m not saying we haven’t ended up with some pleasant music, but it just hasn’t hit you in the gut, it’s the aural equivalent of Splenda, it might do the trick, but it’s not the real thing. The real thing grabs your attention, drives down deep into your heart and lodges itself there. A rock star doesn’t follow conventions, doesn’t go disco or add drum machines just because everybody else does. A rock star exists in his own unique space, and if you met him you probably wouldn’t like him. Because he tends to be self-focused to the point of being narcissistic. Because he cares. He needs to get his message out.” – Bob Lefsetz

see the original post here at Macaframa

~Kiki