Popularity

Sometimes things are important. They are so important that I want everyone to understand them. But I have realised that many, or even most people aren't interested. They are preoccupied. They have their own problems that keep them busy. But if these things really are important then someone will be listening somewhere, and I suppose it only has to be one person for communication to be successful.

I can't change the tone of my music, because I don't decide that. My composing doesn't happen according to what I like or what I feel like writing; it flows according to some other rules that I don't control. In my concerts, I can't change my interpretations to make me more popular, because then I would be focusing on myself rather than the music. A musician who isn't interested in the music isn't a very useful thing. I suppose that when I write in words, that is the time I can most change my focus. I can cut out things that alienate like too many syllables. But I still can't really cut out the ideas.

I guess people must be learning their own things in all kinds of different ways. All I can do is try to get my ideas to the right people. I am confident that they are positive ideas. If I am right about that then they will be needed somewhere. Still, are people's needs that different? I think we are probably faced with much the same set of problems, if you think about it. The question would be when do we start to think about those?