When you’re touring in a van and trailer you have late night drives.
The show got done at midnight and the hotel is booked at the next tour stop so there’s a four hour drive about to happen. The driver has to stay awake, they co-captain has to stay awake to make sure the driver stays awake and anyone else who wants to pitch in with conversation is a welcome addition to the cause.
Late night drives with late night conversations. The best. No thought, topic, opinion, hypothetical, musing or question is off limits because the whole point is simply to keep talking so we don’t all fall asleep and run into a ditch. The point isn’t to actually save the world…no one is saving the world at 3am on I65 in the middle of Alabama…it’s to spin up adrenaline and excitement by making and arguing your point, which will help usher the caravan safely down the road.
When you’re talking to stay alive, no need to hold back. If there’s a lull, you fill that lull.
But if it isn’t 3am and you’re not talking in order to stay alive, embrace the lull, no need to rush. Consider what the conversation is for and respond in a way that best serves the desired outcome.
