The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be godlike. It’s something to lift us out of the commonplace and the mundane. And in the information age, they’re becoming less and less godlike. Everyone is able to make music these days. Everyone can take a crack at it. To me, that equality has diluted the power of the rock star. The rock star is dying. And it’s a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.
Nick Cave (via Monitor Mix, via Esquire).
