I'm very much of that old-school mentality of believing that if it works with an acoustic guitar and a vocal, then it should work within any format - and especially when most of my live work is just guitar and vocals, so it really does have to work with only that.

Passenger

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Well you only need the light when it's burning low, only miss the... by Passenger

Well you only need the light when it's burning low, only miss the sun when it starts to snow.

light missing snow

Well if you can’t get what you love, You learn to love the things you’ve got .. If you can’t be what you want, You learn to be the things you’re not .. If you can’t get what you need, You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming

dream love-you needs

You see all I need is a whisper in a world that only shouts. by Passenger

You see all I need is a whisper in a world that only shouts.

world needs

Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead. by Passenger

Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead.

better-off-dead better-off

If you can't be what you want, you learn to be the thing's you're... by Passenger

If you can't be what you want, you learn to be the thing's you're not

what-you-want ifs want

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low. by Passenger

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low.

feeling-low feelings lows

You only know you love her when you let her go. by Passenger

You only know you love her when you let her go.

let-her-go knows

Elvis ate America before America ate him. by Passenger

Elvis ate America before America ate him.

america

People sometimes come up to me, and it's like they just want to capture Passenger. I feel like Pikachu. Sometimes, in the more sort of depressing moments, it feels like it's not about the music, it's just about the photo, and that really worries me.

feel me music people

I spent my life on the road touring, and a lot of the songs are written in tour buses and hotel rooms.

road my-life hotel life

When I sat down with all the songs before recording, I realised I'd written a few songs specifically about places in America - there was this song about Detroit and another about Yellowstone National Park. My dad is actually American, so I wrote another song about that side of my family.

down dad family song

'Heart on Fire' didn't do as well as the last record in most territories, but South Africa is one of the places it did really well.

africa last fire heart

You have to play to your strengths, and my strength is the amount... by Passenger

You have to play to your strengths, and my strength is the amount of content I create.

your you strength play

If you can write a catchy melody and a song that captures people around the world, what better thing to do? Other than 'Let Her Go,' I haven't managed to do that. And that's fine by me.

me you song people

I can play the main stage at the Newport Folk Festival in front of 10,000 people and do all the gigs and stuff I want to do. Then I can go home and get toilet paper on a Sunday morning and not get hassled.

sunday home morning people

When I wrote 'Let Her Go,' it's not like I was doing anything different. I was just writing a song as I would any other day of the year; it just so happened that this one resonated with people.

day writing song people

I don't think I've ever really fitted into the industry and the scene. I feel like I've always been on the cusp.

feel like think always

I think expectations are sometimes dangerous things. I think the only thing you can be sure of is that it won't go to plan. I think that's the only thing that's definite.

think you dangerous sometimes

I think whenever I've thought something might go well, it hasn't, and when I've thought, 'Oh yeah, just chuck it out there,' that's when it kicks off, so now, I don't claim to understand anything.

something thought understand think

I'd get a train to some town and wander about to find a decent spot. Sometimes I'd play for three hours; sometimes I'd get moved on after three songs.

wander three play sometimes