I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend.

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer.

My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?

It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.

There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.