Not always easy to reveal yourself to others, the fear of judgment maybe? The anxiety of getting naked and therefore in a situation of fragility. It’s easier to hurt someone when you know where to attack them, when you can aim where it hurts. At the same time, all the artists agree that you always have to start from yourself, from your experience, from your true emotions to create a sincere and touching work.
Jimi Hendrix has always kept a part of mystery regarding his childhood, the most ‘autobiographical’ title of his career is probably “Castles Made of Sand” which evokes the fleeting side of life, the passage of time, changes, moves, hardships… Kiss is fantasy, make-up… But sometimes the group opens a small door like with “C’mon and Love Me” signed by singer and guitarist Paul Stanley and his rather dissolute sex life at the time. In 2002, Elvis Costello celebrated his 45th birthday in the studio and wrote this title “45” in one go, which served as a summary of his life as he reached “middle age”. On “Butterflies”, by Travis, we discover a tragic family anecdote of the leader of the group, Fran Healy. On a much more positive note, there is this great classic by George Michael: “Freedom 90″ where he claims his freedom, he wants to break the image imposed by Sony on the release of ”Faith”, leather, jukebox, guitar…
