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Does taking drugs enhance artist creativity?
rhoelsch:
Something I've always wondered about the drug habits of musicians and singers, especially those who've died, and those who've lost their edge as they've gotten sober...
Hendrix
Joplin
Layne Staley
Syd Barrett
Beatles
Steven Tyler & Joe Perry
Scott Weiland
Cobain
pretty much anyone from the 70s that's still around...
(Elvis being the exception, as he was fine until he started popping those pills)
any additions or arguments?
Dartful Dodger:
You forgot:
Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, and every other singer at your local karaoke bar.
Their drug habits could have been their reason for them losing their edge when they were sober.
These musicians had talent before drugs. Like with anything else the more experience one gets the better they get. Their drug habit could have hindered their true potential.
If you don't have any talent when your sober, you won’t get it high(although you may think have it).
*Technically drug use took the edge from Hendrix and other musicians/comedians/actors permanently.
shardian:
I look at it this way:
For TRUE musical talents, drugs will destroy them.
For hacks with moderate or no talent, drugs are the only reason they are on the map.
Ginsu Victim:
In the words of Denis Leary, "Drugs don't lead to more drugs, they lead to f'n carpentry."
RayB:
I've heard plenty of testimony from musicians saying that when they were high they THOUGHT they were playing amazingly, but later, sober and listening to such times over again, they found out they played like crap when high. It's like putting on pink sunglasses. Just because the world looks pink to you, doesn't mean it is pink.
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