This is closer to idolization or being a fan than trying to make a friend. Don’t idolize anyone. Artists are just regular ass people, just try to approach us as you would any other person you want to be friends with. And be sure is reciprocated, don’t start a parasocial relation
I really don’t think you can make truly meaningful art without being some kind of pervert. not like in an explicitly sexual way, but there’s a degree of near obsessive fanaticism behind all the profoundly cool shit out there