street music

we are conditioned only to accept celebrity
everything has to be cool, which means most others within the peer group must also acknowledge the thing before we can admit to liking it
fashion creates mediocrity and lack of diversity and children can escape it (for a while if they are lucky)
we can be more innocent
if we let our senses free

Also makes you wonder how many can recognize exceptional talent when they see or hear it?  Maybe it IS only that we consistently follow the crowd.  The power of advertising...