The Importance of Creativity

Frisante had what he describes as synesthesia where when he listened to music, he would sort of enter into this altered state and he could see it. The only time that he could get this feeling back was when he was high. And basically he felt like I would rather die than lose this connection. It actually made him unable to play and destroyed his career. "It's a strange market niche to occupy, you know, like the old guy podcaster," says Rubin.