His emptiness is largely what was responsible for his music. It came from that dark place where he wallowed that most people avoid falling into, and if they do struggle with all their might to pull out from. What makes them talented is generally what makes them need drugs.
Many artists, actors, and musicians excel at their craft because of anguish. Art often comes from that dark place where artists wallow that most people avoid falling into, and if they do, they struggle with all their might to pull out.
Imagine your mom has just died, your wife told you she's divorcing you for being less of a man for crying over your loss, you totaled your car, and you accidentally killed your dog by giving him the wrong medicine ALL IN THE SAME DAY.
Imagine that disparity and grief and confusion, and how you can see nothing could ever be worse.
Now imagine living with that every single day.
Most of you don't know what pain is—and while you lament how your DVR didn't record the latest episode of your favorite reality tv show maybe recognize that there's probably somebody you know who is this night debating whether swallowing a bullet would hurt less than not swallowing a pill.
I understand herion addiction, and while we can all mourn those who lose themselves too deeply into it, the fact remains that the time those people are in that stupor is the only reprieve they have from their suffering. It's the only time they don't hurt.
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