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Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the day, they never became pop stars. I counter stated that very strongly, and I continue to do that.

— Wynton Marsalis

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.

— Bonnie Raitt

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

— Madonna Ciccone

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

— Mark Ronson

The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.

— Mika

I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that.

— Sheryl Crow

For too long, musicians have been the greatest enemy of music. Their lack of desire to proselytize is a kind of betrayal.

— Charles Hazlewood

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.

— Ben Barnes

A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in.

— Shirley Manson

I'm not striving for fame, that's for sure. I don't particularly like the idea of celebrity. I would like to be successful with my music, so I realise that there's a balance to be made there.

— Jamie Lawson

✗Opposing Perspectives

I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn't, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music.

— George Michael