Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching; they'll never be eclipsed.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just try to try to keep an attitude that I don't know what I'm doing. Not to the point where I'm beating myself up, but I just go in thinking that I have a lot to learn. And I hope I still have that attitude 30 years from now.
Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.
I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong.
I need to set the record straight for myself.
I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.
As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better instantly. This was the most frustrating attitude for me.
The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.
I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best.
I was lucky that I had friends who have maintained a very regular attitude with me and haven't changed how they interact with me.
My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.