In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this youthful sense of discovery and wonder for what you're doing and keep your imagination open. That's a youthful way of looking at life and I think that reflects in how you age.
I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
'Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other cultures. And no one says it about authors or poets or filmmakers. 'Oh, they're too old to make films or write books.'
Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.
There was definitely a point in my thirties when I thought, 'Oh, wow, I'm not the youngest person on the set anymore.' But I like it. Working with younger artists is totally exciting.
I do feel that the trend is away from ageism and toward a recognition that older people have a unique voice.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
Now that I've experienced ageism, I don't regard it as a bad thing. It's been a transition to something more exciting and maybe edgier.
I only like artists older than myself. Time is so important. It's always been the same way, I guess.
Music doesn't really require whether the person's a young person or old person for whatever kind of music it is.