advice to young artists

If I could tell one thing to other artists it would be this very simple truth or Axiom:

"Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER listen to another artist about anything--EVER. They do not have your best interests in mind--EVEN your FRIENDS and professors. Artists are jealous backstabbers (I learned that long ago) and I also learned that if you for one second drop what you believe in deep in your soul because you listened to some low IQ fool you will live to regret it because that thing you dropped is your essence. NEVER DOUBT YOUR ESSENCE. What sets you apart from other artists is what makes you great. Your essence (or juice) came from God and you must honor God by following your own voice within. The great tragedy is giving up your individualism and joining the herd of inbred gimps. Do not let ART SCHOOL turn you into a sheep--do not follow trends and do not try to ape one of your brainless professors. It is better to be a maverick, even a failed one."

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