>artist sobers up>music becomes way betterHas this ever happened?
Yeah. Me. I wasted my 20s being too fucked up to get anything done.
>>131086596Fuck no
>>131086596never dude. what a retarded question. case in point: Aerosmith.
>>131086596Jason Isbell
>>131086596No. Art requires misery to produce. Ever seen a comedian who was both happy and good? Ever seen a musician that wasn't a depressed drug addict and made anything worth listening to? Ever seen a painter who wasn't a suicidal schizo who made anything worth viewing?
High on Fire
Arguably Devin Townsend
>>131086596Bob Dylan
>>131087658I get the vibe that you either consume a very specific type of art or you just haven't consumed that much art
>>131086596Ray Carver's writing got better when he sobered up. As for music I can't come up with an example off the dome, but I'd guess that partly also has to do with the fact that most of these artists spend their youth partying and making art, and by the time they sober up they're like 40
>>131087658>Art requires misery to produceNot actual artist ever believed this
>>131086596Tom Waits
