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Songs always get better after you start playing them live.

You never know what's going to play into what's worthy of getting encapsulated into a song.

When I play live, it's a conversation that we're all having with the song, and the audience... their response and relationship with the songs is as valid as my relationship with the songs.

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.

You want the song to be at least at the same level of goodness throughout. Whereas with something you're doing live, a song dips and rises and that can actually be worked to the song's benefit.

You've got to really know your song, inside and out.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

I think the whole question of meaning in music is difficult enough even if you hear me playing live right now in the same room! What I mean and what you take from it may be two quite different things anyway.