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"But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking."
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"Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show."

"I think my perception of my own life is different and the fact that Lauren and myself are together. I've never felt this free or happy and so that permeates onto my onstage persona and to my working environment."

"'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one."

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"Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life."

"If we had loads of money as a family, things would be different and they'd come to visit more and I'd get to spend more time here. But I'm laying down roots in America so when I'm there, just being at home, it's harder to break away from that."

"Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed."
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