Try something different. Surrender.
Rock stardom and all that stuff like that was never like my main M. O. , my main M. O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great!
To actually put the time and energy into an album that would be better than Pull would be a hell of a lot of work, because I took that band really seriously, way more seriously than people took us. If you go back and listen to the records, you can hear it.
It's a little bit more like I want to give this to the people that are really into it first - I don't have a lot of desire to be like Bon Jovi or something like that, I really want to concentrate on the music.
Throughout the years I have tried to hone my skills to gain mastery over the music in my head.
I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it.
I was just going more for what I've always been influenced by, European music.
If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.
The price must be less than one half of the former high and preferably at or near its all time low.
Do the things that make perfect sense to you, [and] don't be afraid to shout it from the mountain tops just because it's outside the box or against the grain in your industry. More often than not, you're probably going to be right.
When an idea is not robust enough to stand expression in simple terms, it is a sign that it should be rejected.