I Grew Up In A World That

At This Point, A Lot Of People Have Made Their Mind Up About Me One Way Or Another. I'm Sure There's A Certain Segment Of Writers Who Won't Ever Give Me The Time Of Day, Hate Me, Don't Get Me, Don't Think I'm Good, Or Whatever. I Guess That's Fine. It's Only An Opinion. There Are Other People Who Do Get It, And Can Be Objective. I Could Be Wrong, But A Lot Of People, Except For Really Young People, Have Made Up Their Minds One Way Or The Other.

The Better Your Base Is, And The More You Know From Experience, The Better Off You'll Be When You Try And Make The Big Move.

The Thing That Sometimes Gets Lost Is People Look At The Harder Edge Of Me ... The Leather Jacket And The Tough Rock 'n' Roll Attitude... And Get The Wrong Impression That I'm Mean. That's Really Something I Don't Want People To Think Because I Don't Think That's The Case.

You Gotta Not Care About What People Think In General About You. I'm Not Talking About Bad Stuff, If You're A Nasty Person, Because I Don't Consider Myself A Mean Person, I Consider That I Know What I Want And I'm Tough. But I'm Very Emotional And Un-tough On A Lot Of Levels, I Cry Very Easily, I'm Sensitive And I Don't Think That's A Bad Thing.

The Most Important Thing Is Being Genuine, And Real, And Not Getting Caught Up In The "star-ness" Of It. You Don't Want To Act Like A Star Around Other People. You Have To Watch It, And You Want To Stay Grounded, It's Very Important, And That's Probably What I Have Learned Most Because You Definitely Have Opportunities To Let Your Ego Run Wild And You Have To Keep Your Ego In Check.