PERFORMERS AND WHAT DRIVES THEM

As I said at the onset of this blog; I would be indescriminate in the subject matter and tackle about anything at any time for no rational reason.
I have been on the fringe of professional music all my life, singing on the stage from the age of 5 and all through my school years. My mother was and still is [ to a point for her advanced age] a Church organist and part time concert performer. Dad was a violist and singer as well as an engineer. We were an eclectic family at best.
In my after school years I did try to get into the broadway scene and club singing as well as study voice. BUT the more I progressed the more I regressed. I found that I really didn't like the music scene so I left it for another profession.
Over the years I looked into why some make it and some don't regardless of talent level. What I have noted is this. THE NEED for affection and adoration. There is a deep seated need for being recognized and the deeper the need, the more dedication there is in striving to that goal.
I have met some well known performers and found them personally shallow in private settings and gloriously personable in a crowd.
This goes for ALL performers.
The other thing I note about performers today is that the talent pool seems to be diminishing. The drive for recognition is still as great as it has ever been, but the need to explore and train the particular talent seems less and not as important.
Mores the pity