The funny thing is how prevalent this is in music. The best example I can draw is James Hetfield. In the early Metallica days, his writing was amazing. Dark, d

The funny thing is how prevalent this is in music. The best example I can draw is James Hetfield. In the early Metallica days, his writing was amazing. Dark, depressing, powerful. Then he decided to get sober and nearly overnight he's creativity dried up and we got "St. Anger". The albums since his sobriety have been mediocre at best and lampooned by critics. I have other examples, but this is probably the one that really jumps out at me.