How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do.
I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.
We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
It's an artist's choice to listen to criticism or not. I'm very sensitive to criticism.
You can learn a lot from criticism if you can take what's constructive out of it. If you read a review that starts with, 'This person is an idiot; who do they think they are?', you're not going to learn anything from that.
I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.
I can take criticisms but not compliments.
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.
But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.