I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony.
After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

