"We took off like a rocket," he reflects, "and it made us all feel sick, to be honest. The pressure of travelling very fast..
." He sips from a cup of tea and shoots his cuffs, showing off a pair of gold cuff links that complement the signet ring on his left hand. "When you start finding yourself in that intense high pressure business environment, making a lot of money for a lot of other people, it can be very destructive to the chemistry of a band.
You can weather all the problems that you have with your label or your managers, or even being sued and having a nightmare with the press, so long as you have a passion for your music. I just lost sight of what we were supposed to do musically and without that you haven't got your lifeline to the next chapter.
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