I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs.

The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.

When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.

I don't write demographically. I don't write a song to reach these people or those people.

I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.

On any given night, what allows me to get to that higher ground is the audience.