A studio is like a meditation room where music is created. And a live performance is the place where the creation of the studio is taken ahead. I love both.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage.
I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live.
The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new way of working, or a way of working that can sustain me over a period of time.
The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.
Being in the studio is like painting, you know, you can really take your time, and try different things, and kind of go deep into it.
Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.
I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things.
I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.
Performing live on stage is such a community, whether it's my musicians or a cast of a show that I'm in. And then when you're in the studio or on set, it's a much more solitary experience. Both can serve me at different times in my life. And when I go back and forth from one to the other, it helps me appreciate all of them much better.
I hate studios. A studio is a black hole. I never use a studio to work. It's very artificial to go to a studio to get new ideas. You have to get new ideas from life, not from the studio. Then you go to the studio to realize the idea.