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I've Never Been Drawn To Concert Dvds Because They Take Away The Part Of The Equation That's Most Important To Seeing A Live Show: Getting Jostled Around And Feeling The Energy In The Room. I Definitely Didn't Want To Make One Of Those.

But That Constant Adjustment And Adaptation To Your New Environment, All The Variables Are The Same. There's Always A Promoter, There's Always A Rider, There's Always A Shower, And There's Always A Stage.

When I Stopped Touring, It Was Like Trying To Stop A Bullet Train Or A Giant Lead Ball Falling From A 100 Stories Up - It's Momentum And It Doesn't Just Stop. I Drew A Line In The Calendar And Made It A Brick Wall And Just Stopped Dead. There Was No Other Way. It Would've Taken Another 100 Years To Slow Down Slowly. I Had To Let Myself Imagine A Calendar With No Lines; When Every Single Day Is Being Predetermined Six Months In Advance, There's No More Fluidity To Time.

Surreal Can Be Exciting And Good, And It Can Be Like Living Inside An Alien Landscape, And It Can Be Completely Interesting, Or You Can Be Alienated From Your Own Life - Inside Your Own Life, It Doesnt Feel Familiar Any More.

I Don't Want To Take Photographs That I Won't Recognize As Myself, And Myself Isn't Necessarily Just Blankly Staring At The Lens.