On 'Heartbreaker,' I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did those songs. I communicated the way I did those songs. With 'Gold,' I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic.
It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans.
What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime.