I recently chatted with a person who managed a STAR, a household name. And as he related to me the many Nashville names with which they associated I recoiled from what seemed to me to be name-dropping. But when the conversation turned to my oldest friend, an almost-star that burned out/flamed out and is now in tragic circumstances, I was shocked to see this person had and still idolized my old friend, and so his apparent name-dropping was quite probably idolatry.

The point: Don't idolize musicians of any caliber, don't rush to fall at their feet, fawning and groveling. Revere their music. Pay the fare and praise their talent. But don't worship them. No is enobled by this.