Actors and Musicians have low self esteem?

Actors and Musicians have low self esteem?

It appears there’s a direct correlation between Creative people and low self esteem.  Check out this article that I found (it’s small, but sheds a lot of light on this subject). http://talentdevelop.com/523/self-esteem-and-actors/

I find it ironic because these are the people that we all look up to, and they have the same exact issues both you and I have.  Self esteem is harder to spot with actors because there job is to suspend your belief.  

But some musicians make a living on letting us know their self esteem issues.  Let’s first look at one of the most obvious… Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.  Kurt Cobain’s death was a tragedy, but he left many signs that he was having self esteem issues.  Here are some quotes from Kurt Cobain that clearly show some problems…

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.
Kurt Cobain

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.
Kurt Cobain

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.
Kurt Cobain

I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
Kurt Cobain

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.
Kurt Cobain

I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.
Kurt Cobain

I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first.
Kurt Cobain

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.
Kurt Cobain

Rather be dead than cool.

Kurt Cobain

If that isn’t telling, then I don’t know what is.

How about the singer from the band Staind, Aaron Lewis.  It’s hard to find a song on any of his ablums that doesn’t in some way tell us how depressed he is because of his low self esteem.

Mariah Carey has also stated to have self esteem issues.  It’s harder to see with her because she doesn’t really use this as her inspiration as the previous two do.  Here’s a quote from her.

“I’ve always had low self-esteem, and I still do. What’s weird about that is being onstage, and the love that you get, and the adoration that you feel from your real fans.”

–Mariah Carey

We clearly buy the music of those that relate to us on a deeper level.  They seem to have an understanding of our lives. We have a common bond in that they share our low self esteem.  The inspiration they use is the years of abusively low self esteem, and we are drawn to it.  Not just lyrically, but it’s within their essence.

Some would say that the low self esteem is maybe the driving factor in them becoming so creative.  It allows a release from it.

So we are really not all that alone after all.