Album Aufzeichnung / Record Beweis / Proof Druck / Pressure Echt / Real Erfolgreich / Successful Haben / Having Kämpfte / Struggled Leben / Living Nach dem / After Sehr / Very Syndrom / Syndrome Zuerst / First Zweite / Second
I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real. It was like a psychological battle to be creative. I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
I suppose my Iranian identity is one of the driving forces for being a writer: I want to set the record straight about who I really am.
The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.
When I started to write realistic, real fiction, the voices that were the strongest for me - the characters that I heard, the people that I knew - were the ones from my childhood.
My records are borderline dance records. They've got a real electro-rock heart and soul, and the vibe of the sentiment is pop, but there's a lot of people that were like, 'This is a dance record.'
I had no allusions of radio success. I just loved being in studios. I was having fun and in that sense I now feel a lot like I did when I did that record.
I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.
It's a journey, it's a fight everyday. There was a real effort to stay in the program... So far this has been a very successful rehab.
As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.
