As a musician, it truly bothers me that consumers expect so MUCH of artists. I guess as consumers, folks tend to say “you’re an artist, I’m paying for you – do it right”. But who runs the gamut on what is totally right or wrong? Nobody that is not an artist knows what it takes to put together one intimate show, much LESS a massive production to be aired in front of millions. Furthermore, artists are not the robotic products people expect them to be. They are not I-PODS. They are not in suspended animation. They are HUMANS. They get older, they make mistakes, they CHANGE. They are not going to be the same as they were. If anybody thinks BEYONCE is gonna be jumping and dancing all over the stage at 45 the way she is now, they are a fool. That’s why unfortunately it doesn’t pay to set an overly-ambitious precedent, because the more you do, the more is expected of you.

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