I don't get this "I'm a true fan and you're not" attitude.

Why age, likes/dislikes, favourite artists, background and pompous pseudo-intellectual rantings matter so much to Moz's supporters?

If I am touched, feel it, like it, can relate to the music, words or images on any level, I consider myself as 'worthy' (for lack of a better word) of a particular artist's body of work as some thirty/forty-something, I-was-there, I-knew-them-before-you-were-even-born native or scholar fan.

No one can read my mind or penetrate my heart and say I am not genuine in my appreciation.

That's just how I see it.