An Obsession Is Where Something Will Not

My Selective Memory Of What Drinking Was Like Told Me That Standing At The Bar In A Pub, On A Summer's Evening With A Long, Tall Glass Of Lager And Lime Was Heaven, And I Chose Not To Remember The Nights On Which I Had Sat With A Bottle Of Vodka, A Gram Of Coke And A Shotgun, Contemplating Suicide.

I Tried When I Was 13, When My Grandparents Gave Me An Acoustic Guitar, And I Tried For A Year. It Hurt So Much To Play. I Mean, The Fingertips Hurt So Much, I Gave Up.

I Used To Do Crazy Things That People Would Bail Me Out Of, And I'm Just Grateful That I Survived. But The Music Got Very Lost; I Didn't Know Where I Was Going, And I Didn't Really Care. I Was More Into Just Having A Good Time, And I Think It Showed.

One Of The Most Beneficial Things I've Ever Learned Is How To Keep My Mouth Shut.

I Think Everybody Has Their Own Way Of Looking At Their Lives As Some Kind Of Pilgrimage. Some People Will See Their Role As A Pilgrim In Terms Of Setting Up A Fine Family, Or Establishing A Business Inheritance. Everyone's Got Their Own Definition.