I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.

[It was a show that could have the audience singing along to a joyful] Blinded by the Light ... The Promised Land.

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

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.