It's very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
On tour, I don't drink, because I don't think in any other job you are supposed to get to work and drink whisky.
I've been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
I don't think I'm alone in this: I'm obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
I always have strong urges to sabotage myself. Whenever someone says they like something about my music, I tend to not want to do that anymore. It's not even that I don't like it anymore: it's that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.
I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn't last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn't have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.
