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What struck me most about the story RR tells (and the reason why I posted this) was how he eventually hones in on how, as artists, they confronted what is most difficult about being an artist. Public opinion (it is also something I think happens here more than we are aware). He articulates how critical it is for the artist to overcome the outside interference that doesn’t help and will likely stifle creative expression. Public opinion often gets in the way of artistic expression.
Beginning at 4:55, here is what he says about that moment when the epiphany arrives:
“...And I said to the other guys in the Hawks, and I said to Bob, ‘They’re [the audience] wrong. The world is wrong. This [the music they were making] is really good’ And at that point, things turned. We started playing, like, in-your-face. Louder. Harder. Bolder. Kind of just like preaching our sermon of music. And people were, like, ‘What’s wrong with these guys? Why do they keep on insisting on doing this?’ And there was this back-and-forth thing going on. And somewhere inside you have to believe in what you’re doing. And we actually thought that what we were doinbg was really good, and everybody was wrong. And in time, the world came around. And we didn’t change a note.”
That’s brilliant storytelling.
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