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Re: debauchery = success




Mark, Re:

> While I wouldn't say that debauchery is part of the success (unless you
> count drugs in there...Townshend himself said many times that he needed Pot
> to appreciate music, and it no doubt influenced his music...and LSD, too), I
> do think that highly intelligent people are often drawn to a destructive
> lifestyle. Why? I don't know.

I think their problem is to please the high expectations they have evoked with
their success over and over again.

At least this seems to be true for the pre-82 Pete.  Keith - hm, that's another
problem.  I guess that his debauchery was only a way to hide a possibly low
self-confidence...

Bernd