Weve lost so many great artists lately.
I give Justin [two thumbs-up emojis] for realizing it was time to call it.
Was pretty rough but then my drs and I worked out a relatively manageable balance btwn treatment and touring.
Toured for over two years.
That was never our intent.
History loves to repeat itself and its because of systems and their flaws.
So, I decided to make solving this issue my priority for now.
It does nothing to promote the health required to make it produce the work it sells.
I am speaking from a very real and personal place, he told Pitchfork in the statement.
I live this, and I watch other artists struggle with the friction between their health and their art.
See his and Mayers tweets above.
