I certainly could've gone off track many, many times in my youth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My task with 'Uh-Huh' was to make a more even record and get away from juvenile topics like 'Hurts So Good.' But I also knew if I wanted to continue, I had to have more hits.
Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
I can't run forever. I decided to go back to school for my degree, because I know now there's more to life than track.
I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music.
In high school, I did a little track and field and ran on my own. In college, I would run every now and again, but I didn't have enough time to be devoted to it.
I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.
I remember when I was in my late teens just getting rid of lots of records, realizing I only ever listened to them when I was reading, or watching TV, or doing something else.
On the whole, I think I spent a lot of high school just trying to stay under the radar: I don't think I was all that memorable.
I never - in my dreams, doing track in high school, I didn't imagine it would turn out like this.
I'm glad that I ran track in high school. I think it paid off.