“And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.”
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I think that is what film and art and music do they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.
I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost.
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.
The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.