They held up 'The Outlaw' for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I always wanted to be the outlaw. And that's to a certain extent how I've lived.
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.
It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.
The Sex Pistols was a part of my life. Just a small part.
Musically, what happened was this: I retired twice. I retired after The Black Crowes, and I retired after Brand New Immortals. Then, we started buying real estate, which really took up my time. I was busy. I was still teaching yoga, but I was mostly busy running business, and I was fine. I was happy.
I had come out of retirement into a very difficult situation with the PeopleSoft takeover, got through it, and was having a good time, frankly. We just ran out of runway at PeopleSoft. Had we had another year, maybe two years, I think we would have made it.
I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.
They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.
I wanted to make an image for myself as an outlaw type. A kind of rock 'n' roll sensibility.
They used to but not any more. You kind of get used to it - you accept it is part of your job - if you're famous and you want this life, you have got to accept this part of it as well.
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