“Any artist who says, I’m gonna write and play what I want, and I don’t care if anybody likes it, is full of s**t.” -Quincy Jones
If you’re honest with yourself, you DO care if anyone likes your art.
It’s OK to admit that. It doesn’t mean you’re a sellout.
Marc Sirdoreus said a similar thing on this blog back in September:
You see, I understand to an extent when people say “I made this music for myself, and I could care less if you like it”, but that begs the question: “Then why did you go through the trouble of mass producing it”?
I can see that it was fun to write the song in those situations, and it was probably fun to make the demo, too. But why’d you bother showing it to anyone? Wouldn’t it have been more effective to make the creation and hoard it if you are unfettered by anyone’s reaction to your art?
