Most musicians base their level of success on the amount of albums they sell. Well, that is the normal thought process, right? Maybe, but if you base your happiness on how many records you sell, then you will be happy when you sell a lot of records, and sad when you sell not so many records. This was what gospel artist, Kirk Franklin was trying to explain to people during a recent interview on Power 105.1FM radio.
He said and I quote...
"I think that whatever term you would use as success, it can exacerbate the brokenness in you. Does that make sense? If you sell a million albums and if you're a broken person and you do it, you think a million people like you. But that don't mean a million people like you. But when you're a broken person looking for love and acceptance, you think 'men! They like me.' And then if the next album go Gold (500,000 copies), you think 'men! I've just lost half a million people that don't like me anymore. So you're always trying to do something to be liked."
This is so true. This is also true with social media likes. If you post a picture and a hundred people like it, it makes you happy. But if you post another picture afterwards and only fifty people like it, it makes you sad, like something has gone wrong. It is never good to base your happiness on what other people think about you.
You can watch Kirk Franklin's full interview below...he talks about brokenness around the 15 minute mark.
He said and I quote...
"I think that whatever term you would use as success, it can exacerbate the brokenness in you. Does that make sense? If you sell a million albums and if you're a broken person and you do it, you think a million people like you. But that don't mean a million people like you. But when you're a broken person looking for love and acceptance, you think 'men! They like me.' And then if the next album go Gold (500,000 copies), you think 'men! I've just lost half a million people that don't like me anymore. So you're always trying to do something to be liked."This is so true. This is also true with social media likes. If you post a picture and a hundred people like it, it makes you happy. But if you post another picture afterwards and only fifty people like it, it makes you sad, like something has gone wrong. It is never good to base your happiness on what other people think about you.
You can watch Kirk Franklin's full interview below...he talks about brokenness around the 15 minute mark.
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