It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.
I've spent several years now with my head down.
I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.
But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.
Sometimes something will come along, and it feels easy and sometimes you'll get 85 percent there on a song and the last 15 percent will elude you for three years.
That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.