If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't.
We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.
I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.
Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix were about - which included great images, sure, but they had spiritual and political and revolutionary content, too.
You get the feeling that on a lot of days the audience for most music would kind of rather not be faced with the artist, especially because we've been educated to think that the artist are these special creatures are otherwordly and aren't like us.
The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.
I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs.
Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.
There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight.
We're entertainers, not just singers!