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What does it mean?
Links sadness in early music to loneliness and using drugs to avoid pain.
In plain terms
My sad songs came from loneliness, and I used drugs to hide from it.
What can you take from it?
Substances are often used to escape emotional pain.

Where it applies

  • breakup
  • creative output
  • personal crisis

Putting it to work

  • acknowledging pain
  • channeling emotion

Questions to consider

  • How does pain shape art?
  • What does avoidance look like?

Another view

Not all sadness stems from loneliness.

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