Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As long as artists arbitrarily assume the right to decide what is or is not art, it is logical that the public will just as arbitrarily feel that they have the right to reject it.
Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.
An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.
Artists don't really want to be marginalized. They believe that everybody should be able to appreciate the experience that an artist gives them, an experience that connects us to each other in a deep way.
Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have to find some truth and put that in their music.
The copyright bargain: a balance between protection for the artist and rights for the consumer.
Artists can do whatever they want!
There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.
If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.
Most artists don't get paid for what they do, and they are lucky if they can persuade a friend to let them show something at a kid's birthday party.