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I think for me the difference between actors (who don't write their own material) versus singers (who in my opinion ought to) is that I don't expect actors to do their own. I want singers to write the stuff they sing. If somebody else writes it, and I don't know it, I feel cheated and lied to.

And I really hate the tweaked and refined c*ap that populates the pop music field recently: anybody who's relatively cute and can wiggle on stage can be made popular and she can sound good with enough manipulation by the sound engineer. Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, and the Simpson sister are some that come to mind.