I don't throw my body down on the stage at all anymore because I'm sure I'd snap like a twig.

I'm more interested in pulling out strands of joy from both myself and the audience. I'm not saying the music or songs are "light," just that when they're performed with the correct commitment it's a source of real pleasure, for me anyway.

Nina Simone was an entertainer. Bob Dylan was an entertainer. Anyone that can occupy a piece of music and make the air catch on fire at that moment is a true entertainer. That's how I view it. That's what I was meant to do. I love doing it. That's why I'm on earth.

I'm pretty confident that people are going to come along for the ride. If they don't, tough.

You find ways to push yourself into the sound through repetition. It doesn't stay the same. It morphs constantly.

I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me is that the performance remain rooted in the words and voice, that there be no place to hide.

Maybe in the future I'll put out someone's one-off project, but generally I don't have time.