Does the off stage behaviour of an artist affect your impression of them ?

[Jerome]

If a musician I respected/admired was convicted of a serious crime (not accused mind you - but convicted), then that respect would no longer exist for him as a person - good musician or not. I would still like his music - that won't change - because it might reflect a time when he was doing something right/good. But music is not the be all and end all of everything - only a part of life. If a talented musician can't see that then he is seriously screwed up. To become self-absorbed (note the phrase) in only one area of life is a mistake. And most of those who have commited crimes have got to the stage where they think they are somehow different to the rest of us mere mortals - courtesy of crap, manipulative so-called managers with their own agenda. Everyone is accountable. Famous or not. But the most manipulative lot of all is the media.