When I Was A Kid,

I Had A Lot Of Time To Myself, And I Would Listen To A Lot Of Music, Mostly Music That I Knew Fairly Well And Had A Relationship With. And I'd Think, Well, What Is It That I've Never Been Able To Do That This Person Or People Are Able To Do With This Song? Why Haven't I Been Able To Do It, And What Can They Do That I Wish I Could Do? And Then I'd Try To Do That. I'd Start Each Day Getting Into The Songs, And I'd Think About How I Might Get Closer To This Music That I Love, But Haven't Been Able To Make Before.

As Far As Implying That We Know What We're Doing, That We Have Perspective Enough - By Diving Fully Into Something It Requires A Lot Of Denial, And Denial Is Always Dangerous Even If All Of Your Intentions Are Good And All Your Preparations Are Good. When You Make A Choice You're Denying An Infinite Number Of Other Choices.

There Are A Limited Number Of Promoters Out There Who Care About Creating Music. You Rarely Meet A Promoter Who's Like, "i Want To Be Responsible For The Best Shows, I Want To Make Sure That These Are The Best Shows These Audiences Have Ever Seen."

I Make The Songs And Part Of Making Them Is Singing Them. But What You Hear Is Not Me. It's The Song. It's Through Me.

My Booking Agent, Of Course, Here And Overseas, Their Tendency Is To Want To Build On A Certain Kind Of Measurable Success, And I Was Thinking Yesterday, What I'd Like To Do Is Maybe Start To Compile A List Of The Best 200 To 500 Capacity Rooms Around The World And Just Start Going To Them Again And Again And Again.