Elvis...or Michael?

[innerSpaceman]

Alex, it's just that I'm going to hold in higher regard artists who create their own work, instead of "simply" performing it.

George Lucas gets higher marks for writing Star Wars and directing it than, say, Steven Spielberg gets for directing Raiders of the Lost Ark, but not having anything to do with its creation.

I dig me some Sinatra and don't blame him for not writing the great songs he brought to life, but I admire more the work of John Lennon who created his own stuff from scratch.

DiNiro would not be a better actor in a piece he wrote himself, but I would admire him more as a creative talent were that the case.