STEVENS REVEALS ‘MYSTERIOUS AND DEBILITATING’ ILLNESS
Rocker SUFJAN STEVENS was forced to halt the recording of his new album last year (09) after he was struck down by a "mysterious and debilitating" illness.
The musician refuses to reveal details of his condition, but admits he had to stop work on The Age Of Adz and take several months off as he battled the ailment.
He tells Exclaim.ca, "I probably shouldn’t go into the gory details of what I went through. But I will say that I did get very sick last year and had some serious health issues that were really confusing and mysterious and debilitating.
"For several months, I couldn’t really work and was forced to focus on my physicality and restoring myself. It took several months before I could even get back to working again and writing music." And Stevens reveals that when he did step back into the studio, he found the pressure of finishing the record "really overwhelming".
He adds, "I was really, really desperate to get better because I had started so much music. I had begun all of these projects and was recording a lot. Then when I went back to it, I found it really overwhelming and I didn’t know how to approach it."
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