Why do musicians stop making music?

Countless examples of amazing artists, writing song after song, and then one day, they just stop, and you never hear from them again.
Do they just get burned out? Bored? Can't do it anymore?

A few return to play the old music, but they just don't seem to write new stuff. What's the deal with that?

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BabyDolls · 22-25, T

Like in many careers people walk away when they reach what they believe is the top so theyre career doesn't go down

JamesBugman · 56-60, T

@BabyDolls I was thinking maybe they get to a point that if they add more, they will start to forget all the old stuff they used to play? Brain is full kind of thing. Still, if they love music, you would think they would keep going.

BabyDolls · 22-25, T

@JamesBugman i seen that both eminem and lil wayne research themselves when writing songs to make sure they havent already used it so that's possible too