what's up with this line of thought?
i see it come up a lot on the Internet. and i also see it come up in the lesson.

"prince should have quit after '88."
"eminem should have quit after 'the eminem show'
there's a post on the front page saying pharell should retire.

what gives?


well, i kinda get it.
it can be tough seeing your favorite artists fall off.
there's a part of you that wishes they would have stopped after ____ so that
their legacy can be flawless.

there's something to be said for quiting while you are ahead.

but it's weird for your solution to that problem to be to ask, even facetiously, for them
to quit creating music.

do you think this train of thought comes from a place of jealousy?
are people angry that artists are still creating things even after we think it's not good anymore?

do folks resent artists like prince for not releasing music we want to hear?

do they take the fact that an artist fell off personally?
as if the fact that they fell off is a reflection on us as fans?


i typically don't like this word,
but when people say ____ should quit making music,
it's difficult to see it as anything other folks being a hater.

saying, "i don't like their music anymore" is not the same thing as saying
"they should stop making music."

i'm guilty of it myself. I've said that certain artists should quit before.
but when i think about it, it's a bizarre thing to say.

anybody think about this phrase?
what do you think triggers this sentiment?
it's almost like we build artists up to tear then down.

we should stop that.
we're running out of legends...