"Gause, Brian" wrote:
quoted 3 lines As for drugs 'wasting' talent...you just can't get away with saying that> As for drugs 'wasting' talent...you just can't get away with saying that
> Miles' talent was wasted with alcohol. First of all, it was his talent to
> waste, so it's not your business.
Whateva...
quoted 1 line Second of all, have you heard "Kind of Blue"? What more do you want?> Second of all, have you heard "Kind of Blue"? What more do you want?
About a million fucking times, so what (no pun intended) ?
Is that supposed to show me the amazing effects addiction can have on the creative
act ? I think Miles had actually kicked his heroin habit a few years prior to making
"Kind Of Blue". Miles made lots of other amazing albums and who knows what sort of
mental/health state he was in when he recorded them. Listen to Blue Haze if you wanna
hear Miles dealing with addiction.
I was watching an interview with "jazz legend" and ex-drug consumer Lee Konitz
recently and he was saying that music created under the influence needs to be
listened to under the influence for it to sound as good as it did while you were
creating it and that it usually sounds terrible when you listen back to it and you're
not stoned.
quoted 7 lines When you begin to think of the world in terms of quantity, rather than quality, you> When you begin to think of the world in terms of quantity, rather than quality, you
> miss the genius of individual moments in time.
> I still don't understand how people can continue to look at the world like
> this, passing judgment from the superior knowledge of hindsight as if these
> matters were completely obvious all along. For those of you who believe the
> world is black and white, take a moment to consider that not everyone agrees
> with you. The world isn't as simple as it seems...especially from the outside.
You have much insight, wise one.
Andrei
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