Musician Controversy

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by David

There's just something about being in a band -- & no one experiencing it has really been able to define it to others -- that does very weird things to a person's psyche, & the weirdness (Mick called it psychic jiu-jitsu) encompasses far more than romantic feelings -- it's also intellectual because you bring a huge part of your mental abilities into the situation as demonstrated by singing or playing music or songwriting -- think of how touchy people here on the ledge can be about posting a song they wrote or a recording they made or something they did artistically or intellectually.

I can see the musical sensitivity you're talking about. And the career pressure. I know Stevie said that when they first joined, she couldn't give Lindsey the emotional support he needed, because if he was working on a difficult guitar part and couldn't finish it, she couldn't say, "Oh, don't worry about it. Forget them." Since she was in the band herself, she wanted him to finish the doggone guitar part too. So, she couldn't play mate and bandmate at the same time. She said that caused friction.

Rolling Stone: "Lindsey was feeling depressed because he couldn't quite get some quitar parts down right. So we'd go back to where we were staying and he would really need comfort from me, for me to say, 'Its alright. Who cares about them?' You know be an old lady. I was also pissed off because he hadn't gotten the guitar part on. So I'm trying to defend their point of view and at the same time make him feel better. It doesn't work. I couldn't be all those things."