Reply #8: Anyone who can reach down into the emotional core of those

[hlthe2b]

listening (and for me, he could induce tears within seconds of the start of Nessun Dorma) and, upon recognizing the power of his gift, work so hard to take it maintstream around the world-- can't be all bad. Egotistical... I am quite certain. He did have reason to be, however, unlike many of the equally demanding, but infinitely less talented performers and other celebrities of today.

I note that as you are listing all his faults and sources of your personal antagonism towards him, you include being "fat" with "obnoxious, insulting, demanding." I find that very revealing and sad.... :shrug: