Question about live performance

[Dr. M]

I was listening to a recording of a live show you did recently that someone released online, specifically to your performance of Horse of Faded Grandeur, which I thought was very very good, very impassioned, and it led me to a question. What do you feel when you sing this song? Exuberance, pangs of sadness, or somewhere in between? I ask because to me it's so very mixed, so utterly bittersweet. I know in the moment you may be feeling more like "I hope I don't forget the words or crack on the high notes", but ideally speaking, what do you feel?

[ronnie martin]

Great question, and thanks for the nice words. It's hard to put my finger on this. When you've sang a song too many times, some of the emotion that went into it's creation can be a little absent. In a loud, live setting, it can be more a case of performance than emotion, although the latter always makes the former better. Occasionally the two combine and the result is joyous.