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PS
Mar-11-2007, 09:35 GMT
IP:
New Zealand
 | Hey everyone,
I have two questions about Paul I wondered if anyone could answer.
I am not asking these out of spite, I LOVE Paul, I am just curious!
1. I´ve heard he´s moody (like me!) Does he have a temper, or is he just moody?
2. Do him and Artie still smoke pot?
I know Artie got pulled up for it in 04 and 05, so I was wondering.
Thanks
Lauren Davie
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Nikki
Mar-11-2007, 10:17 GMT
IP:
Australia
 | Lol Lauren - well I can´t really comment on the first because I´ve never met him, but from other people´s recounts and from his philanthropic efforts I´d say he´s just moody and can sometimes seem standoffish, disinterested, but is really a nice guy deep down (and from time to time outwardly displays this warmth towards his fans).
In response to the second, well he´s got young kids hasn´t he? So smoking pot wouldn´t exactly be setting a good example now would it?
Btw welcome to the forum, I like seeing other Australians here!
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Nikki
Mar-11-2007, 10:19 GMT
IP:
Australia
| And I know Artie has children too, but Paul doesn´t seem like that kind of guy. Besides he had sworn off drugs ages ago. |
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Scaaty
Mar-11-2007, 11:53 GMT
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Ireland
 | Paul decided in th e early ´80s that drugs were ruining his mental abilities and his voice so he gave them up - i think his main characteristic is that he is very focussed |
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Micky
Mar-11-2007, 23:40 GMT
IP:
USA - United Staates America
 | Hi Scatty ~
Slight correction there, if I may.
It was between 68 or 71 when Paul decided to give them up. Peggy offered an ultimatum, as I remember, that she wouldn´t marry him whilst he was on drugs. And Paul also didn´t like what they were doing to him either.
It was kinda funny because the night before his appointment to see his doctor Paul smoked ALL the pot in the house and was STILL stoned when he arrived at the docs. The doc told him he couldn´t treat him when he was in this state...lol |
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PS
Mar-12-2007, 00:58 GMT
IP:
New Zealand
| What did he have to go to the docs for?
Do you know anything about Paul´s marriage to Carrie Fisher? |
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Peter
Mar-12-2007, 01:41 GMT
IP:
USA - United Staates America
| But it´s all right, ma. Everybody must be stoned! |
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Ian
Mar-12-2007, 05:28 GMT
IP:
Australia
| yeah,he did give up drugs earlier than the eighties as was mentioned above,but Paul has stated at sometime that up to that point he spent nearly every day of his life stoned!There was the dispute between Paul and Artie during sessions for Hearts And Bones (Think too Much),that Artie should give up smoking to preserve his voice.That was obviously not too successful.As for whether Paul is moody or not,I have no idea,but he is a very serious artist with an absolutly dry and hilarious sense of humour When he was on the Ellen show is a brief but classic example. I am still trying to work out a joke (of sorts) he told the audience at a Brisbane S&G concert in 1983!! I was only 15 at the time,but the intervening years have not clarified the punchline any.Sorry about the long post,but it is so hot here I can hardley think.Bye! |
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Scaaty
Mar-12-2007, 11:05 GMT
IP:
Ireland
| I stand corrected Micky, I was thinking of the time he went to the Pyschoanalyst before he wrote H&B. |
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Micky
Mar-13-2007, 14:27 GMT
IP:
USA - United Staates America
| Hi PS
Well I say docs, I can´t remeber the exact person he saw. In the UK you see a doctor when you have a drugs problem and you are then refered to the right people. So I assume it´s similar in the States.
As for Paul and Carrie´s marriage...They had been together and apart for 5 years befor they married. Going by much of what Paul has said he was kind of pushed into it. She wanted to marry and would walk out on Paul when he said he didn´t, he was still scared from his divorce from Peggy and so didn´t want to go down that road again. Or at least not for the time being. And going by how their relationship was when they were´nt married, he probably was right. Especially as they were married for only 11 months.
When they were together Carrie had a drugs problem and she´d had that befor they met. As well has her manic depression. Although I don´t think she´d been diagnosed at that point. To add to all that Paul had, at some point, been diagnosed with clinical depression. So all in all, it wasn´t a good recipe for a good marriage really.
They are also very different people. Carrie is out going and out spoken. Where as Paul is more reserved and quiter, and although that kind of combination can work, it doesn´t always, especially when you add all the other baggage.
But, that is only an outsiders point of view.
Hope you find that helps answer your question PS... |
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nancy
Mar-13-2007, 18:32 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
| I talked to someone who worked with Paul after the divorce. He said that one night over drinks he said wistfully "I don´t know what happened we were so happy until we got married". |
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Scaaty
Mar-13-2007, 21:12 GMT
IP:
Ireland
| romantic relationships always come to an end you either split up or get married:) |
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