David Gray

Hello.

It's been completely transformative.

I think if you're making music, you're just trying to connect heart to heart with somebody.

That's the whole point.

And that's where it happened here in Ireland from the very beginning with the Century End shows I did at Whelan's.

And it's just never, we've never looked back from there.

And that relationship has just grown and got deeper and stronger.

And I'm a kind of heart led kind of performer.

So Clune and I, way back then, we just poured everything we had into what we're doing.

the positiveness that was coming back at us.

And it kind of created this amazing relationship, which then went on to become a kind of commercial success, I suppose.

Yeah, I'm very grateful for every positive thing that happens.

I think it's finite.

Suddenly you realize that how long can I sing like this, do this?

It's not going to last forever.

This is pretty amazing.

I think that's one of the confusing things about success when it really happens and kicks in.

Suddenly everything's sold out and it's all getting bigger and everyone's your friend.

It's impossible to keep placing the same value on what you're being given, which is a cheering crowd.

So at a certain point in your life, you work out the real value of that.