Ed Sheeran recently sat down for an interview, where he talked about what it takes for him to be at his best for a live performance. Page Six quotes him as follows:
“I don’t know why the best gigs I’ve ever played have been after real heavy nights. I think it’s just because you walk onstage, you’re not complacent, you’re not onstage being like, ‘Oh, I’ve done this a million times.’ You walk onstage being like, ‘You know, I’m 90 percent the human I should be, so I’ll make sure I give 115 percent.'"
On making his concert film Jumpers and Goalposts:
“I just find whenever I’m on a British Airlines flight, I always watch someone’s concert film and it’s always like, I was never really a fan of Justin Bieber, and then I watched ‘Never Say Never’ and then it made sense, so I was like, ‘Oh, oh. I get it now.’ So I wanted to make a film that I could put on British Airlines flights and have Chinese businessmen like my music.”
On Spotify:
“The Spotify thing is a weird argumen. A lot of people go on about the financial thing with Spotify and I definitely do agree with that for small artists and writers who are looking to get checks and stuff like that, but I think if you’re a big touring artist, you shouldn’t really complain about it because I can now tour all around the world doing stadiums from Spotify. I can go to Norway and Iceland and Thailand, just like random places where CD sales are not prevalent … So Spotify, for me, it works, because I am a touring act. I think that’s where the revenue should go [to new, upcoming acts and writers], but I think when you’re a big touring act, use it to your advantage.”
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