Happiness Quote by Chick Corea

Corea’s generosity here isn’t naïveté; it’s a working musician’s survival tactic dressed up as humanism. “Very difficult for me to dislike an artist” reads like an ethical stance, but it’s also a practical one in a world where egos, rivalries, and genre tribalism are occupational hazards. Jazz especially has long been policed by purity tests: who’s “real,” who sold out, who’s too fusion, too electric, too commercial. Corea, a pianist who took plenty of heat for stretching the form, knows that disdain is often just insecurity with better branding.

The key move is how he shifts judgment away from the product and onto the process: “No matter what he’s creating.” That’s not a claim that all art is equally good; it’s a claim that the act of making is the common denominator that deserves respect. By centering “the joy of creation,” he’s naming the thing that audiences romanticize but artists actually chase: not applause, not legacy, but the private rush of discovery, the moment the work opens up.

“Brotherhood” is loaded language in a male-coded industry, but its warmth is strategic: it proposes a fraternity of labor rather than a hierarchy of taste. “We’re in it together” quietly reframes artistic life as collective endurance. Behind the empathy is a musician’s knowledge that everyone is wrestling the same invisible opponent - doubt, time, the blank bar line - and that solidarity can be more radical than critique.