As a music composer, I’m a bit cynical about his statement around artists giving their work out of love for others. As self-expression, art tends to be intrinsically selfish. If other people love it too, that’s even better. But that’s not what I think good artists focuses on. Art is to me the reverse of a business: you expect a market to be created or to exist for the product you decide to create. If you’re good, persistent and a bit lucky, you might succeed.

Don’t get me wrong, I love art, artists and want the good ones to thrive.