(I = Interviewer; M = Matt)

I: Matt, `Ozone' was a very successful band. Why did you decide to leave?

M: I was very young when I joined the band. At first, all the money and fame and success was very exciting, and I enjoyed the attention. But after a while, I started to lose my identity.

I: What do you mean?

M: Well, we had no freedom at all. Our manager told us how to dress, how to sing and what to sing, how to dance, what to say to the press, where to go and where not to go.

I: But your manager turned you into a chart-topping band.

M: Yes, but we worked very hard and never went out. It wasn't a normal life for a teenager. We weren't even allowed to have relationships.

I: But you were making a lot of money.

M: Yes, that's true. And at first I enjoyed the money but I wasted it on stupid things. Also, I spent too much time with people who weren't my real friends - people who were only interested in my money. I lost my real friends. Then one morning I woke up and thought, `I don't know who I am.' It was scary.

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