You can’t hate people unless you love them.
What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.
I drink because I'm thirsty.
My mother was a champion Irish dancer and singer and most of my family were musical, particularly in Irish dancing. Music is all about spewing out your emotions. A mixture of a good tune and a good beat and everyone playing their guts out and something that grabs people's attention.
Everyone drinks..........Well, unless they don't.
I play Irish popular music, yeah? Calling it folk is like putting it in a box. It's a living tradition, you know?