Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone. Friendship and trust should be earned, and when you're famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether you've earned them or not, and it felt dishonest to me. Fame was not real. It was all a projection–fame made me a blank canvas that people projected their love, lust, troubles, self-worth, and desire upon. Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us. Jewel
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Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us. This quote highlights the fear that the powerful and famous feel when people start to idolize them. Fame and power can be seen as a burden and a curse to the people who hold them. They never get to truly be themselves because of the constant scrutiny of their actions and words. The famous and powerful feel like they are being torn down, but they don’t realize that they are the ones doing it to themselves.

Source: Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half The Story

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