Sometimes creative is self destructive. The habits that make you creative kill you. Joplin and Hendrix went by drugs, Mercury by AIDS, Cobain by suicide.
When you perform like that, you are in an altered state of mind, and sometimes while it is good for the performance, it is very bad for the performer.
WC Fields drank himself to death. Beluchi swallowed his medicine cabinet.
Richard Prior set himself on fire freebasing cocain, then freaking joked about it. "You know, when you are on fire, people get out of your way"
Tell you what, you want a good example, take Robin Williams. He was funny as hell in his druggy days. He turned his life around, and is now drug free. I am happy to have him still around. But he is nowhere near as funny as he was...
-Dio
2006-07-02 03:16:05
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answered by diogenese19348 6
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A lot of the answers have touched on parts of it. Creativity strives after new experience, which is healthy for most of the way, but when you get into certain extremes of experience, it can be deadly.
Another thing, though, when someone dies at or shortly after the height of their creativity, you don't get to hear the work they would have done later. We can speculate over whether John Lennon had another song like "Imagine" left in him, but if he were putting out albums like _Milk and Honey_, we wouldn't care nearly as much. Would Jimi Hendrix seem as great if he were rewriting his songs to sell Reeboks?
2006-07-02 03:35:05
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answered by thunderpigeon 4
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All of the above mentioned were addicted to drugs and alcohol..Jimmy Hendrix died from a heart attack after over-dosage..Kurt Cobain the same..Know what the genious really feel tough to live a normal life..
2006-07-02 03:09:10
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answered by sunflower 7
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yes joplin, hendrix were the best. jim was probably the best guitar player in the business. jan could tear a song up like nobody else could. she was one of the truly best rock singers of the 60's. i would rate them up there with "the king" elvis. you have to be great to stand beside him. and they were! just remember woodstock! and i wonder why all the great intertainers are gone to. the one great singer i really miss is "elvis" he was so young. i wonder where he would be today if he were still with us.
2006-07-02 03:54:20
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answered by mistyblue16 1
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Joplin and Hendrix are overrated.. If they didn't die early, no one would care to much about them.. Same with Bob Marley...
2006-07-02 03:16:15
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answered by pitbullcopper2004 5
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Yes, it bothers me very much! The way I see it, is if they "love" the band/musician so much, then why can't they spell the name correctly? That's the same for songs. I absolutely am so bothered by fake-fans, even of bands/musicians/songs I don't like. I know people are fake-fans just so they can seem "cool", or something, which is the thing that bothers me the most.
2016-03-27 01:05:47
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answered by Flor 4
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i loved jimmy hendrix was amazing on a guitar - as others mentioned many of these talents were heavily into drugs and alcohol = death.
2006-07-02 06:48:26
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answered by aeriolf 3
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I like Hendrix, because he can really plat the guitar.
2006-07-02 03:42:22
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answered by pepper_mint_jazzy 1
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Maybe because they could not handle their greatness. Except for Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS.
2006-07-02 03:10:52
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answered by ? 6
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they lived hard, died young, and left a good looking corpse.
2006-07-02 11:48:22
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answered by it's not sexy 4
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