A Record Is Something That Isn't Real

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."

Sometimes The Ensemble 'eighth Blackbird' Will Have Performances And Invite Me To Be A Featured Soloist. I Think That Is What They Call It In That World-"featured Soloist."

The Songs Are Not Meant To Be Real Life. They're Meant To Have A Psychic - Rather Than A Factual - Bearing On The Listener. It's Rare That A Song Grounded In Reality Moves Me Because I Don't Feel Like I'm Getting The Whole Story. Songs Are Made To Exist In And Of Themselves, Like A Great James Jones Or Robert Louis Stevenson Novel - They're Not Autobiographical, And Yet There's A Reality In Every Single Page. It's Real Life Of The Imagination.

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.

I Don't Like The Idea Of Being Surrounded By Hidden Things; People You Can't See In Buildings And Cars.