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I feel like the live record thing is something that I've been getting used to as the years go by and with this being my second one, I'm continuing to learn what works and what doesn't work. A live record is an example of that authenticity and that realness that you find in imperfection and you can hear that in this record.

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.

It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real.

You can only be lucky if you have a place to record.

Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.

People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.

Record making is an extraordinary experience.

To me, making records isn't work.

It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing.

I just don't think you can make records easily and have them be great. It's a process. You've got to get really lucky all the time, or you've got to work like mad.