Creativity Quote by Jerome Hines

There is something almost comic about the adverb "Actually" here, like a curtain being yanked aside. Jerome Hines isn’t merely reporting a lifestyle choice; he’s preempting an assumption. In the mid-century imagination, an operatic bass is supposed to be epicurean, overfed on applause and late suppers, a grand body attached to a grand voice. "Actually" signals the correction: don’t confuse the role with the man.

"Fanatical" does the real work. It’s a deliberately overstated word that turns discipline into personality. Hines isn’t claiming he’s sensibly healthy; he’s claiming a conversion, the kind that comes with rules, vigilance, maybe even a little self-mockery. As a musician whose instrument is literally his body, the line reads like a professional confession: longevity and reliability are not artistic side quests, they’re job requirements. Five years is long enough to be credible, short enough to sound like a reinvention.

The subtext is partly defensive, partly aspirational. In a performance culture that romanticizes excess, he reframes self-control as its own kind of extremity. And there’s a cultural wink: "health nut" is faintly derisive, a label from outsiders. By taking it on himself, he drains it of insult and makes it a badge. Hines sounds like he’s telling you: the myth of the indulgent artist is cute, but it doesn’t pay the vocal bills.