Yesterday's concert was a success. I hasten to let you know. I inform your Lordship that I was not a bit nervous and played as I play when I am alone. It went well... and I had to come back and bow four times.
I need to show the world that my final goal is to perform huge concerts like Madonna.
Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.
Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.
Of course I want people to show up to the concerts and I am sure for that to decline would be a difficult thing.
We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone seriously wrong if we don't play Madison Square Garden for this album.
I'm the cash cow, I believe, so at 135 or 130, I'm selling out arenas, putting butts in the seats.
Arcade Fire seems to be doing very well; certainly, Phoenix is doing very well.
As I put out more music, I really want to get to the point where people feel like my show is a must-see.
Even if your teams are doing lousy and you don't have a good concert, you are still going to be Madison Square Garden, you are still going to be the 'showplace of America.'
I was really shocked that Madison Square Garden sold out in a day. It was very amazing. But the reason we got back together is because the fans wanted us to get back together.
I was pretty shocked [having concert in the Madison Square Garden]. It could have gone either way. But I think it's the right time. Nobody does what we do with taking the visuals and making it a complete rock 'n' roll show with the really good songs. Nobody's done that in a long time.
To be selling out shows and these kids who don't speak English singing along every word? It's wild.
We had several hits in the States but probably only one big one in Europe. The crowds are smaller.
I feel extremely honoured and humbled that people are showing me so much love. My fans have stood by me through thick and thin, and I think this love is what makes my concerts house-full.
