As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you.
As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.
When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.
Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.
But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.