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Originally Posted by CADreaming
Wow. It's absurd to be frightened someone might die...and not just anyone, but someone you share a deep history with? I mean, regardless of animosities, I think that unless you have ice water running through your veins it would definitely be on the emotional front burner.
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I think that was part of the mix, but it certainly wasn't the main or only reason he left the band, which is how some folks read the tone of the article. Clearly he left for a lot of artistic and professional/business reasons about how the band was going creatively as much as Stevie's drug addiction. I think he was very concerned about that personally, but he was also concerned with how it impacted the band's ability to get good work done and also the age-old tensions between his creative direction and that of other band members. I can see where some might think it's just a tad too simplistic for the article to imply Stevie's drug addiction and/or her relationship with Mick on a personal level were the main reasons he left. He left because on ALL levels (personal, creative, business etc) that group of people were one effed up mess and he just didn't want to deal with it anymore. Can't say I blame him. But you have to wonder if the creative differences were still the same and neither Stevie nor Mick were as addicted as they were would he have left anyway? I suspect yes.
