[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by David

I don't think she was being selfish, either. What makes me groan is the stance she adopts in discussing her decision: she paints herself as this tragic, martyred figure, like a character in a romance novel -- "I sacrificed all for my art"

She gets off on thinking of herself as a Tosca, whose big aria goes:

Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
non feci mai male ad anima viva
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi, aiutai
Sempre con fe sincera
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli sali
Sempre con fe sincera
diedi fiori agli altar

I lived for art, I lived for love
Never did I harm a living creature!
Whatever misfortunes I encountered
I sought with secret hand to succour
Ever in pure faith
my prayers rose
in the holy chapels
Ever in pure faith
I brought flowers to the altars
in this hour of pain


That's why critics call Stevie a self-important, narcissistic figure.

SO TRUE!!!!!