I said to myself a long time ago that I didn't want to be that hanging-on-for-too-long, aging-rock-musician guy, and that's why I sort of got away from music.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.
I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.
I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.
I didn't even listen to any music until I was 19, really. I just wanted to be famous. But I didn't say it to anyone because I was really embarrassed at the thought.
I feel like I've become less of a music snob and less of a snob about a lot of things because I realize I came off as such a bad person because of that.
So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.
I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.
To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.
I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.
My music is how I feel, and that's changed from being twenty years old to being forty-three years old.