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Why do we need to wait until somebody sells 10 million records to give people a show like that? What about us smaller, hungry folk? At least gimme a curtain!

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

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.

At the beginning, at my shows, there were a lot of press and people from record companies. Now there are people who are there to just listen to the music and are genuine fans.

Yes, it's a very difficult thing to do, to promote a record, do television shows, and to still want to remain private, it's really quite difficult to explain to people what you're trying to do. I mean I'd actually quite like to be a recluse, but you know, you've got to promote the record as well.

The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.

I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.