It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
Yeah, you know, I performed occasionally. I was in such despair because I just - if I didn't have my music to connect with, I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing. There was never a 'B' plan here; it was just this. So it took me a long time to find my way.
I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough.
I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part.
I couldn't see a future of doing anything other than performing. I didn't like school if I'm being honest. I would have settled for performing in any capacity.
I did everything I could to not be a musician.
Performing was something I could cling to. It was the only thing I had some control over and that's why I did it. If I hadn't, I'm not sure which way I'd have gone.
There are a lot of things I do that I don't want to, but I have to. It's truly an emotional need for me to perform.
I wanted to put out a solo record because I was stuck on a major label and sick of it.
I never wanted to be a performer. I suppose I was precocious, really.