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Coralmist You know how many professional musicians, some of them legends, faced a ton of rejection before hitting it off?
One was an opening act for other bands, the fans hated him and would boo him off stage and sometimes throw stuff at him. If he had given up, the world would never have known him. The late Prince. Does anyone dare say he sucked? Not only was he huge, but he was a producer for other acts.
Dolly Parton was another. One of the execs said, "This girl just cannot sing."
Joan Jett started her own record label after 23 rejections by other labels.
And about shyness - when Rod Stewart first started out, he was so stage-shy that he would hide behind the amplifiers during the concerts.
When people succeed, all we see is the finished product, we do not see the BS they had to endure on the way there.