And that's what I mean by blues having become fashionable and politically correct. This is how you can tell whether or not they are really being honest with you. And it's pretty hard to keep feeling that way when the whole world anoints you as great, buys your records in droves, contributes to a luxurious lifestyle filled with wine women and song, and generally does everything to make you enjoy a life that many others could only dream of having. And while you may have started off honestly expressing your soul, the success that it brings in some cases very quickly allows you to forget the roots, and so you soldier on in automatic mode producing and re-producing what brought you there, but you have long since stopped playing the blues. I hope that this discourse has been helpful to you for your paper.
Nobody likes to know that their idols sometimes have flaws.