The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #165352   Message #3965441
Posted By: punkfolkrocker
08-Dec-18 - 08:07 AM
Thread Name: do songwriters' personal lives matter?
Subject: RE: do songwriters' personal lives matter?
I can only speak from my experience - but most musicians I have ever known
have been a very dodgy bunch of people...

Unreliable and untrustworthy.
Some downright ruthless and treacherous.

Blame it on the alcohol and druggie life style...???
Throw in a personality disorders and mental illness...????

When I was a naive teenager in the 1970s I had this odd notion
that people who aspired to a life of music and art were the best and purest hearted of folks.

After 15 years or so working in photography I got completely sick of the ambitious back stabbing bastards
I encountered in studios, galleries, and arts colleges, in London.

Call me disillusioned, but...

It was quite relaxing getting back into folk music after all that shite...