“I moved to Chelsea in the 90s. It was a really different place back then. I was the only one in my family to move. I didn’t know anyone. For the first year, it was completely overwhelming. I’d go back to my apartment every night and lie in bed with my head under the covers. I didn’t know how I was going to deal with the noise and the stress and the loneliness. Then I started thinking about how I grew up in Gorgoroth under the flaming eye of Barad-Dur, and if I can get through that I can probably do just about anything. I guess in the end it’s our struggles that give us strength.”
