How does fame influence a persons psychology and whats the best way to deal with it?
Fame, I feel can be a very dangerous thing, and I engage it at my own peril, and hope not to be seduced by all that comes with it. When one is approached by people ‘with stars in their eyes’, it is as though they deify you – [which is] not good! There is only one God. It can make one feel somewhat inhuman, as though one is not being seen clearly, but through ‘rose tinted glasses’ as they say. One can even be treated inhumanly. I have experienced fans in the past grabbing at you physically as though you were immune to it. The paparazzi are something else again. They don’t distinguish between a musician or pro golfer or TV anchor-person. It is all celebrity and getting the money shot. An artist trying to express themselves is not a concept they recognize. Recently, I have seen some news items, where paparazzi work in unison, to ambush, and cause minor traffic accidents with celebrities in order to get the money shot, and regard it as the cost of doing business, when it comes to insurance
