What's so wonderful about the street is it's organic music. No preservatives. There's no other reason to be out there except you just love music and want to play.
When you're spending eight to 10 hours out there, the homeless guy is no longer homeless; it's Dave. They become people to you. I think we're really good in this country about saying that they're homeless and, therefore, they don't exist.
The fact that 'Honey, I'm Good' made such a splash and that people were catching it on radio, on Spotify, on Pandora, it's driving everybody to go hear the album.
That I even get to play a sold-out show where people know the words and I'm singing about things I'm connected to is such a blessing. It's the equivalent of a nine-year-old saying, 'I want to be an astronaut when I grow up,' and then getting to go to the moon.
The alarm on my wife's phone is 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered,' so that's a great way to wake up.
Once you see the impact that you have on people, either at a meet and greet or after a show, you think, 'Oh man, they need to feel better today.'
Life is hard, you know. If I can give someone on the radio three minutes to make them feel happier, that's a cool thing.
The fact that people put on 'Honey, I'm Good' to get their day started - that's really sweet.
It's not hard to create a song, but to write a song that's really going affect somebody? That takes a hell of a lot of time.
