Paul Weller Claims Drugs Can Be Creative For Musicians
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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The Modfather himself Paul Weller has told Q Music that he thinks taking drugs can help musicians create music and boost their creativity.
The ex-Jam star has told the magazine that although there are obviously cases where drugs can make the user less able, and that it isn’t uncommon to see a star’s career damaged by illegal substances, there are still a lot of musicians who have greatly benefited from the use of certain chemicals – and that he’d experimented with some of them too.
“Some people are happy just to sit around getting shitted, but then there are other people like Ray Charles and Billie Holliday who had raging habits and still worked,” Weller said. “So drugs can be creative, I've seen that plenty of times. But I've also seen them crush creativity too. I saw that plenty of times in the 90s.
“I tried ecstasy later, but it was too trippy for me. I go like that after a few beers anyway, so it wasn't for me. I did acid when I was 16 and got scared, I had the horrors and everything. Never again.”
It follows Weller’s recent comments about his alcoholism, where he told confessed: “I think I'm an alcoholic, definitely. I would have thought so. It's hard to know where a pisshead becomes an alkie. Fine line. But yeah, I think so.”
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