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You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.

My audience is a huge part of my success, so I see us as a team. They send me tons of song requests every day. Some of the songs I've never heard before, but I listen to them and then pick the ones that I love.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

My audience are the same people who bought my albums years ago. These people are now married, with their own homes, their own families. If I'm in concert, I get people now who bring their kids.

I want people to listen to my music and everyone to feel included, and I think it's kind of working because all my audiences are always so colorful.

But you can't really know your audiences so well.

I've always been really involved in figuring out who my audience is and how to reach them.

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.