Glen Phillips

And that idea, and I love taking in information because, once again, my curiosity, but there's also, You know, the stuff that I miss in my times where I'm being less creative is because I'm taking in too much and not being enough and not having sufficient silence, sufficient introspection, right?

There's the Rilke quote of the highest offering that anyone can give to another is to protect one another's solitude.

There's the Rilke quote of the highest offering that anyone can give to another is to protect one another's solitude.

There's the Rilke quote of the highest offering that anyone can give to another is to protect one another's solitude.

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Yeah, I hit my professional peak. I like to think I haven't hit my creative peak yet. I'm really proud of my songwriting now. I'm more proud. I think I'm a better songwriter every year. Been having some writer's block currently, but that's because I'm so distracted and touring so much. Big life shifts as well. I think I need recovery periods after those happen.

Yeah, I hit my professional peak. I like to think I haven't hit my creative peak yet. I'm really proud of my songwriting now. I'm more proud. I think I'm a better songwriter every year. Been having some writer's block currently, but that's because I'm so distracted and touring so much. Big life shifts as well. I think I need recovery periods after those happen.

Yeah, I hit my professional peak. I like to think I haven't hit my creative peak yet. I'm really proud of my songwriting now. I'm more proud. I think I'm a better songwriter every year. Been having some writer's block currently, but that's because I'm so distracted and touring so much. Big life shifts as well. I think I need recovery periods after those happen.

But it took me a long time to reconcile public perception and being a successful recording artist within the recording industry, which was something that I honestly always felt weird about. I didn't think I felt in there. I felt like I was actually too sensitive for that kind of public exposure.

But it took me a long time to reconcile public perception and being a successful recording artist within the recording industry, which was something that I honestly always felt weird about. I didn't think I felt in there. I felt like I was actually too sensitive for that kind of public exposure.

But it took me a long time to reconcile public perception and being a successful recording artist within the recording industry, which was something that I honestly always felt weird about. I didn't think I felt in there. I felt like I was actually too sensitive for that kind of public exposure.

Early on, I tell this story a lot, but I had a theater teacher who, in high school, it was his first year teaching, and he said the reason he was there is he loved the theater more than anything, but he didn't want to spend his life competing and going to auditions and doing that thing that actors do. He just wanted to be in the theater, so he taught. And at 15, I think I was, I said, I got it.

Early on, I tell this story a lot, but I had a theater teacher who, in high school, it was his first year teaching, and he said the reason he was there is he loved the theater more than anything, but he didn't want to spend his life competing and going to auditions and doing that thing that actors do. He just wanted to be in the theater, so he taught. And at 15, I think I was, I said, I got it.

Early on, I tell this story a lot, but I had a theater teacher who, in high school, it was his first year teaching, and he said the reason he was there is he loved the theater more than anything, but he didn't want to spend his life competing and going to auditions and doing that thing that actors do. He just wanted to be in the theater, so he taught. And at 15, I think I was, I said, I got it.

And my plan was to be a high school teacher and do social sciences. I loved the idea of that. I loved having good... I had great teachers when I was a kid. I thought that was a really great way to spend a life and would keep me in the arts. But let me not get my heart broken in those ways that happen when you do it for a living. And then my high school band got signed when I was 18. And...

And my plan was to be a high school teacher and do social sciences. I loved the idea of that. I loved having good... I had great teachers when I was a kid. I thought that was a really great way to spend a life and would keep me in the arts. But let me not get my heart broken in those ways that happen when you do it for a living. And then my high school band got signed when I was 18. And...

And my plan was to be a high school teacher and do social sciences. I loved the idea of that. I loved having good... I had great teachers when I was a kid. I thought that was a really great way to spend a life and would keep me in the arts. But let me not get my heart broken in those ways that happen when you do it for a living. And then my high school band got signed when I was 18. And...

even then figured it would last two years. And instead, here I am 35 years later. It was an unexpected turn of events that this would be my life. But it also was psychologically devastating to me to have that much public scrutiny and to have that unmeetable level as a band.