“The most I have to give to anyone is my music. That’s personal enough.” “But it discredits you as a human being.” “I don’t want to be human, not for them, because I’ll be crucified no matter what, and you can’t convince me otherwise. I want to—strike that—I have to keep a piece of myself for me and those close to me.” “But what if your music inspires people so much they can relate and want to know more about you?” “Then it’s the music they relate to, my feelings, my experiences, maybe my politics or beliefs at the time I was feeling them when I wrote it. I don’t want to be held to some
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