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

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.

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.

I'm in search of how to take the stuff I've written and make sure the audience hears it fresh again. It's been a lot of fun. I've enjoyed it.

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

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