I don't think I'd really talked about politics - governmental politics specifically - very often, and it was a bit of a stretch for me to do so for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that I'm not that well-versed or educated in politics.
I have been a huge fan of G-Dragon for a long time, but I felt a bit hesitant to talk to him.
In general, I probably have a shy nature. So the idea of poking out with my music is probably not something I want to do.
I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.
I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.
I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up.
The idea of being Treasury secretary in the abstract appealed to me, but my initial inclination was that it wasn't right for me to take that step.
I've had moments of thinking maybe I should go on Twitter. It's something that I've been shy about, and I've thought that maybe I should do it.
I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.
I think what limited my role when I was WWE commissioner in 2000 was my reluctance to get back in the ring every now and then.
For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm going to figure something out someday.' I had this romantic vision of being this old dude maybe making guitars or something.
I was reluctant to start the company that would become Lytro, primarily due to my academic background.
I'm not denying that he's a terrific guy, but I'm not sure he's terrific for me.
People would tell me sometimes that I should model, but I was like, 'I don't know!'
I never saw myself going to college. Even when I was looking at different schools, I was like, this really isn't right.
There were times when I actually prayed not to get married.
I didn't want to do television at all. I really didn't want to do it. I really thought I was just going to be doing theater and doing movies.
I must admit that I don't really understand social networking models that well, and I haven't tried to because I have just not been enthused about this whole thing.
