I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was my destiny.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.
There's a whole generation out there who don't know that I was a pop singer in the early days.
It's quite liberating to get to a certain age, 'cos you're not chasing number one hits or trying to be an international superstar. I've done all that. I'm not out to prove much more to anyone but myself really, to be an artist and see if there is a new undiscovered music out there for me to make.
I knew I wanted to be a writer at 13. Before that, I told everyone I was going to be an artist.
I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.
So you know, my plan was that I was going to make records, and be a rock star. And that's really what I wanted to do. And I sang from the time I was very young.
When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.
My goal in life has been to be a songsmith, not a pop person.
I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.
No, in 1968 I still wanted to be a Pop Star, and be about the music. Now, I want to be just about the music.