With 'Suite Life,' I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was pretty burned out in '85 and was getting - starting to get into some issues.
And about in the late '80s, I got kind of burned out a little bit.
I'd taken three years off to live as a normal person, so this was my first time back into it, and it was kind of shocking, but then it was fun.
I had a blast in the '90s, perhaps too much fun, and maybe I should have worked a lot harder and partied a lot less, but I definitely don't regret the 12 years I spent living out in L.A.
My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right.
I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
For six years, from 1985 to 1991, I felt pretty weak and useless.
I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.
It took me two years to walk around a chair with ease; it took me another two years to learn how to laugh onstage - and I had to learn everything.
I was burned out. I think I was just exhausted. It was a very intense five years. We didn't stop. It was constant touring, constant writing, recording.