After six or seven performances of any song, you begin to perform it rather than feel it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have a hard time narrowing things down to ten or 12 songs. If I walk off stage in anything less than two hours, it just feels strange. It feels early.
I think no matter what kind of music you play, there will be moments when you feel like it's all been done before.
Sometimes you sing songs about the way you want to feel more than the way you actually do feel.
During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.
To finish a song is the best feeling in the world.
It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.
Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.
Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. It's not as if I sit down and play 'Fire and Rain' by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up... the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions.
Music makes your soul feel amazing while you're performing it.
Music's something you feel. You have to feel it first before you hear it.