I guess, from looking at my last post, the upshot is that the pleasure is for me is basically in the act of communication. Whether it's with one listener or three hundred, as I say, makes some difference, but not much. When I sing just to myself I'm imagining, sort of convincing myself that there's listener(s) to communicate with. If I couldn't look forward to the actuality of performing, my little make-believe game wouldn't work.

Dave Oesterreich