I don't have to perform to stay in the public eye anymore. I really don't. I am who I am and what I do on musical stage these days really makes no difference at all. I already have all the momentum there. I am only doing it because I love to do it.

I like to enjoy myself and what better way to do it than on stage in front of 300,000 people?

And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We're lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.

Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.

For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event.