Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
I don't know for Justin; he's always looking for meaning out of his relationships with people. I don't think he's as trapped into the drug thing as a lot of the others are.