“We were club musicians—low-ceiling places where you'd share a dressing room with the other band. When you came in, they were taking their trousers off. Very tight, small places—that was what I was most comfortable with. Doing arenas—I'm still not used to it. I like to create a little space in front of me where I think I'm playing in a little room.”
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