Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Artists were always referred to as great artists. I thought that's what the profession was. One word: great-artist. There wasn't one moment in my life when I thought I wanted to be anything else.
A great artist is a great man in a great child.
In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people threw in the towel on Dylan - or Neil Young. Remember when Young was doing things in the '80s like 'Trans' and the rockabilly album and being completely lambasted by critics who now think he is wonderful again?
There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.
When the 'greats of all-time' put out their first albums, it wasn't a thousand features on it. And I'm one of the greats in my eyes.
So many songwriters peak in their early 20s because they're living off their passions.
Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that.