I have total respect for the self-contained rock artist. Whether you're dealing with Jerry Garcia or Lou Reed or Patti Smith or a Whitney or an Aretha, they know what they want with their career.
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I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.
I think a lot of people secretly wish they were a rock star, and I'm no exception.
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.
For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.
At the end of the day, there's only a few major stars in the music business, and then there's all these people that are aspiring to be that.
It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.
I look up to Tegan & Sara, obviously, Adele and Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks. All these artists are strong in their convictions, and they haven't changed who they are for the music business.
Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.
On the radio there's only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, T.I., Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. Other artists are achieving things that are really special, they have a hard time getting people's attention. Music has been just a little bit lacklustre.
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