Heartbreak

I feel like musicians are always in danger of heartbreak. We put so much of ourselves into our performances and take risks, being open to so many people with our private things. When we walk onstage, we begin a relationship with the audience. No matter how many people there are in the audience, there is an intimacy between the performers and the audience that can be so strong, it's intimidating. When we fail to come through in the music, when the audience is left feeling the same way they did before you began playing, we break our own hearts. To give so much and have nobody receive it...to fail to give because of fears, self doubt, or lack of effort...these are the greatest disappointments, in my opinion.

The performer and the audience. It's a relationship. Relationships take honesty...therefore, they also take risks. And courage. And sacrifice. Relationships require love, passion, sometimes gentleness, sometimes fire... It's a relationship.