Quote

Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured I'd have a better perspective when I came back to it.

Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.

I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.

I tend to navigate by indirection, meaning that most of the major things in my life have happened when I've been thinking about something else.

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

You know, I've had my ups and downs.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.