So when are you least in the moment? What throws you off-center? "When I feel like crap. And when I'm by myself."

You get lonely? "No--I've learned that when we're not connected to other people, we tend to be less in the moment, as I define it."

You can't be in the moment with yourself? "It's more difficult. With another person, all you have is that moment between you; and if I'm daydreaming and the other person is thinking about where they parked their car, then neither of you can share the one thing you have in common."

Are you still dating that woman you sang that song about? "Oh, yeah. Like it or not, she ends up as part of the show."

"Like it or not"? "I started using dream moments, and I realized they were more honest.... I had less control of the honesty.... Wait, how do I put this...."

"Less control of the honesty"? "Are you typing all this?"

Yes. "You are so mean!"

I'm just being in the moment. "Dreams are honest because they say what's really going on, rather than what you want people to think is going on."

And what does this have to do with your girlfriend? "Our relationship is displayed more honestly in my dream life than in what I would say in public."

What do you have to hide? "Nothing that I use in the show!"

But you have something to hide outside of it? "Many things. I'm much more honest in the show than I am in my daily life."

Does your girlfriend understand that she isn't dating the man that she saw on stage? "The show is probably as honest as I ever am, except with her. So there are no secrets that she finds out in the show. I think she gets to know me better from it--but she avoids seeing it."

Why? "We don't know what might come up in the show, and so it... it can be not so fun for her. But sometimes very fun! In fact, uh--is this how you do the interviews? It's very mean."

Don't worry, I go back and edit. "Oh, okay."