That Kele Okereke out of Bloc Party has been speaking out about another music type, this time one Pete Doherty. Sometimes I think he should be a bit more careful about what he's saying, but I also usually agree with him, which is a bit of a dilemma.
Anyway, asked artists needed to suffer in order to create, Okereke responded: "That is something that has been misunderstood in recent times, and has led to really cliched behaviour. Someone like Pete Doherty - his drug-taking and refusal to adhere to a traditional lifestyle - makes people thing that his art is somehow more relevant because he's a fuck-up. It's easier to be a misfit or a dropout than it is to be a genius and actually create something."