"I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who..."

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“I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.”

- Sylvia Plath (via anally)

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greatwhiteprivilege: i love drawing hearts i wish i had one

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i love drawing hearts i wish i had one

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guyeppel: Peter Doherty & Tom Atkin backstage at Camden...

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Peter Doherty & Tom Atkin backstage at Camden Palais pre KOKO days.

suicideblonde: Florence Welch photographed by Angelo Pennetta...

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Florence Welch photographed by Angelo Pennetta for Vogue, May 2013

fools-game: Man, goats just do not give a fuck.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:53:28 +0200

fools-game:

Man, goats just do not give a fuck.

moonroseinthesky: TENGO QUE IR <3

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moonroseinthesky:

TENGO QUE IR <3

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:52:53 +0200

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Sid

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My mom: You've been in the same position since I left like three hours ago

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My mom: You've been in the same position since I left like three hours ago
Me: You have to admit that's kind of impressive

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TRANSLATED PETER DOHERTY INTERVIEW, KNACK (BELGIAN MAGAZINE) 27/04/2013

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Knack: What was it like being in front of the camera?
Peter Doherty: it was alright, yeah. A challenge. You've got to remember the words and be credible. Luckily, my charachter was a bit like me. Poetry, despair, decadence: I know everything about it! (smiles) When Sylvie wanted to do this for me and I read the script, I knew: this is me. I would've been jealous if someone else would have got the role.
Knack: Was it the first time a film maker asked you?
Peter: Spielberg calls me all the time! (laughs). No, people have offered me various roles before but either I didn't like the plot or the producers said: "Not that junkie!". Actually, the same thing happened this time. I live in a flat in Le Marais. The producers broke into my flat to take away all the drugs. Then when Charlotte joined in, I was finally offered some money.
Knack: how did you prepare yourself?
Peter: I didn't! Sylvie didn't want me to take acting classes. She wanted me the way I am. I was involved in the project from the beginning, so I had enough time to find out who De Musset was and what it was like at that time. A very fascinating period, also qua decoration. Clothes, hats, carriages, furniture,... people had so much more taste back then! Look outside and see the difference. The world looks terrible today. So clean, so cold, so uniform. There's nothing romantic or poetic to it anymore.
Knack: Your first band was called The Libertines, in the movie you're playing a Libertine.
Peter: When I was fifteen, I started getting into that free, artistic way of life. Not for drugs or sex, I got into the bohemian lifestyle, the suits, the romance, Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, De Sade,... I've only recently discovered De Musset. Before that I was a well-behaved, shy teenager who got an almost militairy education. Always a lot of discipline. Always on the road from city to city. Until I realised: "This is not me. I've got to find my own way!" Every teenager knows what I mean.
Knack: Were you clean during the recordings?
Peter: Well... In the morning I took a good whack to get out of my bed, that helped for like ten or twelve hours. I took some extra gear with me on the set to put myself at ease. But that was more a psychological thing, I guess. Sylvie suggested me to get me some methadone for the recordings, but suddenly everything went so fast that I didn't find the time for that anymore. It was a matter of finding the right vein, shooting and filming.
Knack: Are you clean at this very moment?
Peter: Clean as a whistle. It's as if that disappoints certain people. They wanted to see an ill, pathetic junkie. It thrills them. But 'Bad Boy Pete' is mostly an invention of the English tabloids. They don't want me to look good or say some clever things. So they keep on writing horrible stuff about me. The British tabloids are a bunch of vultures.
Knack: Is that the reason why moved to Paris?
Peter: Yes, I had to get out of there. I couldn't get out of my house or I ended up in the gossip section, or in prison. Everyone knew and judged me. I also owed too many debts to dark figures. I always had to take care and look over my shoulder. Moving to Paris was my way to show to my family that I at least tried to get my life back on the rails. In Paris everyone takes themselves so seriously, that I've started to take myself seriously again as well. I don't say that all my problems are solved right now. I still have debts and drug issues, but I'm trying my best.
Knack: Why exactly Paris?
Peter: This movie and Sylvie brought me here, and I'm feeling comfortable with the city. I have no phone, people leave me alone and I wander around the city a lot. I enjoy my own company. My life is no longer about taking drugs, and I'm happy with that! I'm 34, bloody hell, not some 21 year old baby. The time has come to act my own age. Because, you know, it's not that exciting to be fucked up day in day out, to wake up with salive all over the bed, not remembring what you've done with who for the past few days. My new drugs are: sleep and breakfast. It's unbelievable how much energy you get from those two simple things. Living healthy is an addiction. In the past I sometimes sat on my bed for four days, surviving on the garbage I could score. Those things not only kill your voice, but also your creativity.
Knack: Do you think you would've achieved more as a songwriter if you had never started taking drugs?
Peter: For sure, yeah. Drugs can trigger your creativity, and push things forward in a very superficial way. But not more than that. The rest is working. Discipline. Expertise. Artists who claim the opposite are naive. Or junkies, they lie to themselves all the time. Who knows how many great songs I could've written if I had stayed clean all those years.
Knack: When did you start seeing things this way?
Peter: The last time I was in prison. I was a mess. Crack, coke, heroin,... I couldn't control it anymore. I've also bumped into some very bad people over there. I got beaten up, they used me.... (starts crying). Prison is nothing more than a breeding ground for junkies and dealers. Why on earth would you lock people with drug issues up with dealers? That's really fucking criminal. You could as well just stick a needle in someone's arm and then sentence him to prison. But anyway: England is completely fucked. It's a cold society whose only interest is money. If you don't want the kids to turn into criminals, invest in schools.
Knack: Your latest release was in 2009. Are you busy writing new songs?
Peter: I'm hoping to release a record very soon. And I write poetry and paint. People think I'm lying in my bed the whole day, doing nothing. But that's not right. I try to live.
Knack: You were close with Amy Winehouse, about whom you wrote Flags From The Old Regime. Do you think a lot about her?
Peter: Of course I do. It's so sad what has happened to Amy. I've always loved her. A great artist, the best singer of her generation. That's why we need to love her: her music, her songs, not the bullshit stories in the tabloids. If people would've done that a bit more when she was still alive, I'm sure she would still be alive today.
Knack: Thank you for the conversation, take care and stay clean!
Peter: I try my best. Do you have a cigarette for me? I forgot mine in the hotel room!

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"I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who..."

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greatwhiteprivilege: i love drawing hearts i wish i had one

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guyeppel: Peter Doherty & Tom Atkin backstage at Camden...

suicideblonde: Florence Welch photographed by Angelo Pennetta...

fools-game: Man, goats just do not give a fuck.

moonroseinthesky: TENGO QUE IR <3

guerrilla-operator: Sid

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TRANSLATED PETER DOHERTY INTERVIEW, KNACK (BELGIAN MAGAZINE) 27/04/2013

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