> what I intended doesn’t matter at all I think it is very sad to hear any artist saying this. I think he's being noble and he certainly has rationalized the s

> what I intended doesn’t matter at all I think it is very sad to hear any artist saying this. I think he's being noble and he certainly has rationalized the situation very convincingly ("embracing the medium"). It's a very delicate balance. On the one hand, yes you do not deserve an audience. All too often contempt for the audience is merely the sign of a lazy artist. On the other hand sometimes you must bite the hand that feeds - and keep biting. The best I know have that mixture: they desire glory and at the same time they have a tyrannical disregard for what others think. Ultimately, he's courting the high opinion of people whose opinions he doesn't respect, because they are influential.