Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
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For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.
At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.
I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.
Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.
It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa.
The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification.
The bottom line is that musicians love to make music and always will.
Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.
There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.
These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.
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