blue like jazz

"I was wondering the other day why we turn pop figures into idols? I have a theory, of course. I think we have this need to be cool, that there is this undercurrent in society that say some people are cool and some people aren't. And it is very, very important that we are cool. So, when we find somebody who is cool on television or on the radio, we associate ourselves with this person to feel valid oursleves. And the problem I have with this is that we rarely know what the person believes whom we are associating ourselves with. The problem with this is that it indicates there is less value in what people believe, what they stand for; it only matters that they are cool. In other words, who cares what I believe about life, I only care that I am cool. Because in the end, the undercurrent running through culture is not giving people value based upon what they believe and what they are doing to aid society, the undercurrent is deciding their value based upon whether or not they are cool."

-From the book "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller.


"Eminem believes he is a better rapper than other rappers. Profound. Let's all follow Eminem."