I was starving before I hit Journey. Very, very rough times... I didn't know where the next pay check was gonna come.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Before 'Homeland,' I had £80 in the bank and no idea what I was going to do. I seriously considered giving it all up and getting a job as a lorry driver.
I got lost a lot, and I was a really bad waitress... I got lost on the subway.
I didn't have any money. I had a sense of terrible loss. But what I also had was a fire in my belly. I wasn't going to go back to waiting tables. I felt I had to be better at fronting a band.
I starved and slept on park benches. I wrapped myself in the pages of my manuscript to keep warm. For two and a half years I took odd jobs; nothing was going to deter me.
I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.
I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.
That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty.
I was a happy man, never working. Sometimes I saw days with no money to eat. It was not so difficult.
People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.
I didn't really go the starving-artist route. I kind of went and did massive, commercial things.