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It’s not that I’m practicing my art any differently; it just comes from a different place. I can practice for longer amounts of time now without burning out.
When I made “.…is a real boy,” I completely burned myself out. The mania had taken over and compelled me to keep rewriting and rerecording it, not knowing when to stop. Not knowing when to retreat.
Mania makes you obsessive and can control your whole life. It’s all or nothing. Then you retreat into an expression of being bipolar.
Now at the end of the day I read. I take myself out of the music. I enjoy being out of the situation, for a few hours a few days. My life is mine.
"Max Bemis talking about his creative process in the interview The Dark Days Are Gone (Part 1)
