maroon | daisy jones & the six

04

BILLY: Carmen and I fought a lot, but in the end, we always made each other better. I mean, that was when we started writing Aurora, before our first album even came out. We worked on those songs for years. Looking back on it now, most of those ones didn't even make it on the album.

Carmen and I worked better than Daisy and I. We could bounce ideas off of each other and end up making a pretty damn good song. Every song we made with the band had a little bit of Carmen laced within it.

CARMEN: I loved the feeling that writing gave me. I also loved the feeling of drugs. I always had pill bottles with me, taking something whenever I slightly felt the need. Rod suggested rehab a few times to me, but I shut him down immediately every single time. I didn't want to believe that I was addicted, that I needed something like rehab.

And coming down from that high, that's when I was writing the best. It made it all worth it.

—

Carmen stepped into the somewhat busy Troubadour, walking over to the table where Teddy Price sat.

"Who's she?" Carmen asked, lighting her cigarette, gesturing towards the woman currently singing on the stage.

"Simone Jackson, sings disco." Teddy said, taking a drag from his cigarette.

Carmen watched as Simone finished her set up, then introducing a friend of hers, Daisy Jones. Carmen's eyes flickered towards the red head girl, the same red headed waitress she had seen run out of the diner just a few nights ago. Carmen watched Daisy sing, and she was impressed, to say the least. Teddy Price was too, but according to him, she needing 'shaping'. Carmen stifled her laugh as she watched Daisy Jones reject Teddy Price before walking away.

"Daisy, wait," Carmen called after the red head who was headed towards the exit of the bar. She stopped, turning to face Carmen. "Carmen West," she introduced herself.

"I've heard a few of your songs before, I've got your record," Daisy said, smiling.

"Yeah?" Carmen asked, her face lighting up.

"You've got some pretty good stuff," Daisy added.

"Then you'd know it's worth giving Teddy Price a shot. You've got real talent, Daisy, you can go real far with a guy like Teddy."

"He said I needed shaping, I don't want shaping."

Carmen sighed, "He's worth it, I know."

"I'll think about it." Daisy answered, starting to smile again.

"Why don't we get a drink?" Carmen asked, grinning as she led Daisy towards the bar.

The two settled onto the barstools, ordering a few drinks. Carmen quickly found out she wasn't the only one who constantly carried pills with her, Daisy did too. It didn't take long for the two of them to get all coked up along with the alcohol and pills.

"You know, Jones, me and you? We're gonna be best friends," Carmen slurred.

—

DAISY JONES (vocalist, Daisy Jones & The Six): Looking back on it now, once I joined the band, I don't think Carmen and I were ever 'best friends'.

WARREN: Carmen was a fucking genius, really. And you've got Billy who's also writing these great lyrics. When you put the two of them together it was definitely... something.