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'I wrote about what was around me; that was the whole point - to get down the experiences, scenes, people, etc. But some people are so daft they don't understand that writing about Prestwich is just as valid as Dante writing about his inferno.
There's nothing stranger than the things you know but don't quite realize. Pointing it out is the difficult thing. But you can bet that once they get it the world has changed in a wierd little way; it's an altered state. But it works the other way as well. And it happens in a flash. It empties you a lot more than you think. I've been lucky in that respect. But I've known people who've returned from London after a week or two, or even just a night, and their entire creative mind-state has altered beyond recognition. All at once they're rootless. The London bodyswamp has skinned them. I see it also with people who have gone and 'travelled'. They lose so much of who they are they can't retrieve it, they just float around talking about travelling all the time. No stories or anecdotes, just talk of more travel, of more time in Cambodia or somewhere else equally as fucking impoverished and war torn. It's a similar midset to that of ghoulish celebrities who quietly travel out to Congo with a school of cameramen and journalists. And once they get there they can't wait to start picking up young kids with half an arm. I find that very odd: celebrity healers.'
Taken from Renegade: The Lives & Tales Of Mark E Smith By Mark E Smith
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