After your family and circle of friends (who have little choice in the matter), there’s a wide gap before you reach the actual fans. That’s because the pressure to conform and to avoid the boos pushes us away from being fan-worthy. True fans require idiosyncrasy. True fans are looking for something peculiar, because if all they wanted was the Top 40 or the regular kind, they could find it far more easily from someone who isn’t you.
