We want our favorite artists to stay the same as when we first fell in love with their work. But styles change with the times and artists, like the rest of us, must continually grow and keep up with those times. The recent Beatles retrospective on the Disney Channel combined with their music being played on a dedicated Sirius XM channel serve as reminders of how much they changed in the relatively short 7 years between being discovered and their breakup.
· I thought myself a knowledgeable Beatles fan, but I now realize how much they tried new sounds and arrangements.
· So many other bands from that era are still touring and doing what they did then, probably thinking we might not still like them if they continued to evolve.
· If you’re good, people will continue to support you.
The lesson for all of us is that we must continue to grow or end up like last night’s cornbread – stale and dry. Every day we’re alive is another opportunity to learn and grow and the more we grow, the more alive we’ll feel. And that’s what inspires us to continue to achieve. Don’t allow yourself to become stale today.
Loretta Lynn (born 1932): American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums.
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