This is a blog entry from author Bob Lefsetz.  Bob gives some insight into today’s challenges for artists.  Below is my favorite segment from the article:

“Then there are the wannabes who just can’t handle the truth. That they can’t sing and can’t play. Steve Jobs tolerated no bozos, he believed in A players, that these top-notch people inspired each other.

If you’re not willing to look at yourself, evaluate the criticism, you’re never going to win. Steve Jobs rarely responded, but he read all his e-mail. He was taking the temperature, he didn’t want to lose touch.”

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