An interesting quote:

Artists are perceptive, but they choose to write songs (or make movies or paint pictures) rather than simply keeping private diaries. The myth doesn't recognize a more hard-nosed side of artists: they are also stubborn egomaniacs who are mysteriously — and sometimes correctly — certain that the world needs to know all about the figments of their imaginations and who gear their lives to getting those figments into circulation. It's not an easy job, and its stresses can take their toll.

and...

"In the end, Mr. Staley wasn't cool because he died a junkie's death after a long downward spiral. He was only cool while he could still sing about it."

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