The thing about Carl Barat, of course, is that people tend to forget that he might ever have been a cokehead, his habit dwarfed by the drug-taking antics of his former band-mate.
Anyway, Barat, no doubt sick of everyone only ever talking about Pete Doherty, has apparently been talking about his gak addiction, and says he has regained his creative juices since kicking the habit. Barat is quoted as saying: "When I was doing that I wasn't really interested in writing songs. It was all about waffling crap. It's like banging your head against a brick wall trying to express you emotions on cocaine. And you can make any addiction a scapegoat if you aren't performing well."
It's funny he should say that, actually, because Pete Doherty was saying something very similar on J-Ross on Friday.