There's often a lot of stupid ideas like 'you all dress as fruits and pretend you're selling underpants' or 'we'll put you on a bed of nails and drive a truck over the top and photograph you' for the cover.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The artist critiques absurd marketing ideas or creative concepts in the music industry.
- In plain terms
- Some business ideas are ridiculous.
- What can you take from it?
- Reject nonsensical ideas.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you judge ideas?
- Where does creativity end?
Another view
Subjective critique without broader context on industry norms.
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