My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.
My secret to success is that I've always loved good music and people.
I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
My story as an artist has been about trial and error. It's been about artist development, character building, struggle, happiness and failure, family, and music.
Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.
My success set me up for life, and it meant that I could retire from the music industry at 27 to spend time with my newborn daughter and my wife. My time away from the spotlight allowed me to rediscover my love for music, and I'm doing it for me now and no one else.
I lost myself in the bubble of music - driving myself to be a success.
For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard... If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.
Success is based on music, not where you're from.
I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.