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Originally Posted by khfreek
There's a difference between emotional honesty and literal honesty, and I think good artists have the former.
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^ I agree with khfreek, that if an artist sounds convincing enough, it´s not really important whether they literally lived the experience they sing about or not.
These days it seems to be more fashionable than ever for artists to act as if they had it tough and grew up on the streets, but like the guy who is mentioned in the OP, lots of them had comfortable middle-class upbringings - Mick Jagger is another famous example.
Actually, there was a similar discussion a while ago that also touched on truth and honesty in lyrics:-
http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...t-fiction.html