I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.
They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.
I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.
Just do what you like to do, and do it all the time.
I'm not a slave to anything anymore. And I never will be again.
Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably should've been.