George, how much of this is under control and how much is out of control?

I would say it's a pretty even 50/50 split between the two, and that's not even a conscious thing.

I think that's just more reflective of my personality and my strengths and arguably weaknesses as a performer.

Like, the more raw it is, the better it is, the more kind of chaotic it can become.

So on those tough nights when it just isn't landing, where the audience isn't getting it, what do you do?

My bag of tricks is that I can always sort of play it like it's a gig.

If they're not going with raw emotional truth-telling, storytelling element of it, I can always slip out of that and get them back by talking to someone in a way where, like, they're part of it again.

I sort of force an engagement upon them a bit.