Confidence was never in short supply in my case. If anything, I think I overshot the mark with confidence way too early in my career, and gradually, it's about just getting more humble and wanting to sit down more.
Ariel PinkThe music usually occurs to me as a complete sound, and then I have developed the skill of being able to translate that into a fully realized song.
Ariel PinkI envisioned all these people who had been admired for having been freaks in their own time, and I saw myself in line with them.
Ariel PinkI definitely don't feel a sense of jealousy or competition, and that's a really good feeling.
Ariel PinkI've learned that I shouldn't shrink from success. Though honestly I thought they'd be knocking on my door years ago.
Ariel PinkI was just very into things that were the opposite of what other people liked. I didn't want to listen to music that I could find at a friend's house. My identity was really forged around that, and you know, eventually that kind of identity gets dismantled and fed to the vultures. But I was somehow on my own mission.
Ariel Pink