There is so much more to being a recording star than singing. We have all been with singers who have difficulty with the simplest thing. I mean, you can all relate to that. But this is a person that when they leave the room, you know they're gone. That's my definition of a star.
Stardom is something that's a lot rarer to find than a great singer.
I don't really know, because it's a personal thing. How I produce is different than how anyone else would produce. Overproducing is a criticism. I think all of us have been criticized for our productions. Yes, and if you're a technical person, if you want to put real orchestras on things and use real guitar players and fake guitars and drum machines and real drummers and Auto Tune and Pro Tools, you're bound to overproduce.