The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare.
Music is a performance and needs the audience.
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.
Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.
The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.
I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.