I always found it hilarious when artists criticize other artists. It's a left handed compliment. They're only admitting envy of what that artist is doing.
For someone like David Crosby to do this is pathetic.

Tyrone Slothrop: Godscrack: I always found it hilarious when artists criticize other artists. It's a left handed compliment. They're only admitting envy of what that artist is doing.
For someone like David Crosby to do this is pathetic.

Artists have the right to criticize art (and artists) just as much as anyone else.

Constructive criticism is fine. What Crosby did came off as childish and bitter. Saying this right after EVH died? Publicly? So the family can see it on the news..?
He thinks he's defending the legacy of Jimi Hendrix. 'Nobody will ever be better than Jimi Hendrix' mentality. Silly and trivial. Jimi Hendrix is in his own class. No one will ever touch what he did. Especially for that time in music history.

Unless people can create a better version of what they're criticizing, they should stfu. It doesn't make their work look any better.