A songwriter who changes costumes, dresses up, uses sets, used editing.
To her audience, she is "Learned the hard way" to practice her instrument to draw an audience.
https://youtu.be/qi7Yh16dA0w?t=93
"hear me as I am"
https://youtu.be/qi7Yh16dA0w?t=146
With the editing...
Every person thinks this is ONLY in thier personal encounters, does not see the forest for the trees of over 8 billion people behaving these same ways.
Ego-pleasing telling people "lines" and "lies" to "open the door" creates a chain... and tough doors to open.
"Force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending spiral, ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody. Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love." - MLK Jr
She had her songs rejected as non-profitable / unsellable. She kept asking them what they wanted, what the business side said was profitable.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PYLF3nVJwy4