Paganini loved Berlioz...

In reference to Sam's Paganini post, I wanted to post about the badass composer Berlioz. In fact he loved the composer so much that he gave him an open ended 20000 frances. "My dear friend", wrote Paganini in his accompanying letter, "with Beethoven now dead who could revive him if not Berlioz?" Loved the motherfucker.
So if Paganini was the first rock star, that makes Berlioz the first rock stars idol. For more on Berlioz...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlioz