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We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that.

It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I was a little kid. That's my absolute rush, is playing for different people every night, bringing something else to the table they've never seen.

Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows.

Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.

It's still as exciting to play records I've not heard before as it was when I was young. There's not much that makes me feel like that besides making music. And they definitely feed into each other.

I look at making a record and being in a recording studio as more of a craft; You have to be so much more careful and play simpler.

In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record.

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be the things that give you the most clear picture of what it's all about.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.