You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.
I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place.

