I was just, like, not at all the office type; I was the artist type.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I worked at all kinds of jobs, mostly commercial editing.
I was more than just a moody artist.
I never was one to go into an office and write. For one thing, I had a job. I was cleaning the ashtrays and setting up the studios at Columbia for a couple of years and working every other week down in the Gulf of Mexico flying helicopters. I didn't really get to just write songs for about five years.
Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course.
It's got to be weird to sit in an office all day and deal with these creative types without having any idea of what they do or how they do it.
You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time.
Of course, in the art class, I was the model.
As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.
I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.
The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist.