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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
That's the lucky part. I never bashed him for being lucky.
But to claim that everyone who is successful worked equally as hard is just silly. I was reading about one of those Disney star kids and they were simply in a mall when a talent scout happened to notice she was cute. Now she's famous. Is that the same as a band that tours for ten years in a rusty van driving from dumpy bar to crappy nightclub until they finally get signed? Or an actor who plays bit parts for years and years until he finally gets a breakout role? Of course it's not.
Once again, I take nothing away from achieving success either way. Either by mostly luck or by hard work. But you have to admit that both ways certainly exist.
But either way, I never bashed him for not working hard. I simply said celebrities can only work a few weeks a year if they want and still make millions of dollars, I never said that was bad.
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I honestly can't think of a single pop star who could decide to work just a few weeks a year and still make millions. Justin Beiber and the band coming up via rusty van do different things when they go to work each day starting off. I've extended hospitality to a lot of bands in rusty vans and, in my experience, some sure appear to put more work in than others. I started doing music journalism in the 1980's, so I feel fairly qualified on the topic, and I still believe that, in general, the harder you work, the luckier you get. Which isn't to say, especially in this sucky economy, that a lot of hard workers (who deserve a break) don't catch a break. Then again, crashing in a punk rock group house with an all night party is significantly more fun than a corporate meet and greet at a stadium. From a distance, they both might not look like work at all, but they both really are, the latter moreso.