“I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.”
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It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off, check that box off, and move forward.
I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.
I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I've had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand.
It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing.