The Intensity In Steven Tyler’s Voice Says It All About Overcoming Addiction

It’s no secret that in the world of rock and roll and being a rock star, many have struggled with drug and alcohol addiction. You’re super famous, you have so much pressure on you, you’re touring all the time, and your faced with the party life and fame.

Many rock stars have actually lost their lives to addiction, and in this interview we found Steven Tyler is feeling a certain way about how the interviewer approaches defeating and overcoming addiction.

You can literally cut the intensity with a knife from Steven Tyler’s voice as he responds when she pretty much says people can look up to him and say that you made it back, so addiction is not really a big deal. But he responds in a whole different way.

I can do the same thing, addiction is not such a big deal – comments the interviewer

In which Tyler responds:

Well if you want to go through the hell I went through, be my guest. You may not survive, is what I would tell people.

Here is the clip. Listen and feel the passion.