I consider myself quite resilient and resourceful. I am not prone to mental instability or any addictions, and I am very risk-tolerant. By far the biggest issues we have faced through our 20 years career has been the finance. Quite simply not having the funds to go through with what we plan. If I think of what were the lowest points in our career so far, it was when we were absolutely flat broke. Once even stranded in the Netherlands. And the only way to get home was to accumulate even further debts. It still is an issue from time to time, and what always helped me is to think of the reason we do this in the first place. It was never for money, although we all need to eat and a roof over our heads. We always did it for Heavy Metal. The most meaningful thing I can do is to write music, because I find deep meaning in music that other people have made. And if ever I feel a bit down or things aren't quite as I would hope, I can always put on Intuition by TNT or Painkiller by Judas Priest and it will give me hope and courage and remind me of the meaning in all of this.