I think it would be impossible to imagine a human being who doesn't care at all. I believe him that he has learned to not care very much about it. It's easy to not care much about it when you're like that successful also. This is not new. Nothing that the critics are saying about him now hasn't been said a thousand times before. And so he would say, why would i obsess about what some bald guy at the near times thinks like he doesn't? That's very psychologically healthy. I aspire to be that way.
Love it or hate it, but you've definitely heard it: the so-called "smooth jazz" of saxophonist Kenny G. Filmmaker Penny Lane talks about her documentary, Listening to Kenny G with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They discuss the pursuit of perfection, the power of vulnerability in art, and why Kenny G is loved by the people and reviled by the critics.