"It’s all bullsh… Everything, everything you just said is bullshit. […] That’s right, the people don’t come because you grandiose motherfuckers don’t play shit that they like. If you played the shit that they like, then people would come, simple as that."

Wesley Snipes, as Shadow Henderson, in Mo’ Better Blues.
(I was exposed to this through the Roots’ ‘Things Fall Apart’, and it is still hugely relevant. If there’s an audience, you should probably care about what they want.)