I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.
I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.
But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever.
I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.
So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy.
One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every light bulb and ordered up a bunch of stinky cheese and put it under the mattress.