Stevie on coke & her voice..

[catinthedark]

that's a cool clip - the inetrviewer is a bit of a dud. but i like her candidness.

i don't think cocaine itself actually damaged her voice. i think the coke made stevie generally unhealthy, and all of its effects on her body and her mind and her soul took their toll on her vioce. she didn't care about anything but the coke, therefore she didn't take care of herself and she didn't take care of her voice. the voice is an instrument that has to be cared for. and clearly she wasn't doing that. so ultimately, it did affect her voice, but it was just one aspect of all the damage she did to herself. but she was strong enough to recover. i think the difference between her 70s voice (sigh) and her voice today is simply (sorry stevie!) the effects of time...