Shaun Ryder has painted a sad picture of the effects of drugs in a recent interview, revealing that he couldn't remember his life between the 1990 and 2006.
The Happy Mondays star, who is promoting his new book Twisting My Melon, is not the first music star to take drugs and he's not the only one to speak about them either.
Here we have put together some candid quotes from some of the biggest names in music about drugs, including Lady Gaga, Elvis, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Courtney Love, Pete Doherty and Whitney Houston.
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Keith Richards on his survival: “It's not only the high quality of drugs I had that I attribute my survival to. I was very meticulous about how much I took. I'd never put more in to get a little higher. That's where most people f*ck up on drugs. It's the greed involved that never really affected me.” (Life)
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