Along the beach I never collected shells from my father`s shore.
I can analyse the trajectory of my popularity and find out why the peak was a peak and the valley was a valley - grapple with it that way - but I prefer not to analyse it that much.
I certainly listen to my old songs from time to time and I hear the roots of what I`m doing today. But they were written from a young man`s viewpoint.
When I sit down at a piano, I feel what`s going on in my life and what led up to it. Certain songs are born from that motivation.
Whether it catches up to what the world sees or record companies or radio or everybody wants - you can`t be the architect of that.
I think you can learn as much from success as you can from failure.
Wearing sunglasses at night hurts your eyes after a while.
That`s because the name has almost become a brand name. My essence is still me. But that name Corey Hart refers to this an album.
It`s weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name.