Writing Songs For Other People Was Never

I Have A Tattoo On My Foot That Says 'it's A Whale' In Japanese, Because Japanese People Kill Whales. My Stuffed Whale Was Like Most Children's Teddy Bear. I Took It With Me Everywhere. I Slept With It. I Couldn't Live Without My Whale.

Writing Songs For Other People Was Never The Goal For Me.

It's Very Easy To Fall Back Unto My Old Ways When I'm Working A Lot. It's Important For Me To Continue To Find Solitude And Peace In Nature And Escape The City And The Industry As Much As Possible. That's Where I Reconnect And Remind Myself What I Learned In That Time In The Woods When I Was Isolated And I Recharge Myself. If I Don't Have That, It Would Be Really Easy For Me To Fall Apart Again.

Once I've Learned All Those Things And Gotten Through The Hard Times, I Come Out Feeling Really Powerful.

I Would Say That Nobody Is Going To Work Harder For Your Career Than Yourself - The One With The Vision. No Matter How Many People You Hire, Nobody Is Going To Get Is As Much As Yourself Does. So It's Really Important To Be Your Own Leader At All Times And Not Hand It All Off, Otherwise The Whole Empire Will Fall Apart.