Ryan Adams on blogging
Via Pop Candy, we arrive at the Guardian.
Unless you go on the road to party and make out with a bunch of girls that you don't know - which is not me, it's not who I am - then it's good to have something to do, it's good to have someone, it's good to have a friend. Not like an imaginary friend, but someone there - that's kind of what the blog is.
I started it just as an outlet, to have a connection, because I don't keep that many friends - at times I'm a little bit of a loner. It's not that I'm anti-social, it's just hard to explain my life, even to myself, sometimes. I've lived an interesting, strange little life already, so I guess the blog kind-of levels it out. Also, I like the idea that people can maybe see some of the process, or they can check in and see really stupid things I've come up with that day.
I stopped the blog for a while earlier this year because I entertained doubt and doubt is the enemy of art. But once I got my shit together I went back to it and I thought "No, I will keep sharing, this is ridiculous, why should I stop?"
The rest is here. I agree with it all. Fits the chalkboard theories.
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