There Are More People Who Are Not

Every Band I've Been In, It's Just Become My Total Life. I Feel Like A Child Star - I've Missed Out On So Much. I Never Got To Play Grand Theft Auto And Get Stoned Every Day. I Figure At 45 I Should Probably Start Doing That.

I'm Sure If You See Things You Wrote When You Were 19, You Cringe. I Saw Stuff Like Angry Poetry That I Wrote When I Was Mad At My Father, Or Photos I Took Where I Smeared Period Blood On Myself. It's Embarrassing.

Music Is An Extremely Powerful Art Medium That Can Really Affect People's Emotions. It Is Amazing To Realize How Much Communities Can Be Born From Different Kinds Of Music And The People Who Appreciate Them.

I Was Making Stickers For Guys' Bands. I Was In The Front Row Photographing Bands, Booking Bands, Doing All Of The Kind Of Backstage Stuff, And I Didn't Even Think For A Second I Could Do It, And Then I Saw Babes In Toyland, And All That Changed.

My Advice For Someone Who Wants To Be Creative But Has A Chronic Illness Is To Think Of Something That You Can Do As Opposed To All The Things You Can't Do - And Do That. It's Just Like Gardening: What Can Grow In This Soil? There's Some Soil You Can Grow Roses In And Some Soil You Can Only Grow Cactuses In, So If You Can Only Grow Cactuses, Become The Best Cactus Grower In The Whole World. Taking Care Of Yourself Is The Most Important Thing. Find Something That Makes You Happy. Don't Get Down On Yourself That You Can't Run A 4k Or Dance All Night Long At A Fun Club. Give Yourself A Break.