I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas.
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.
Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business filled with prima donnas - including this one.
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere whether it is holding out a hand of friendship or making clear that you disapprove of something is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being so the goal is to always establish common ground.