Chris Jericho Quotes

From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.

I love the stage - the fact that you only have one take to get it right, the interaction with the audience, and how every show is different even though you're doing the same thing.

There's something distinct and interesting about a live performance. There's this weird immediacy that's, for me, really invigorating, and it just feels really rewarding.

People are used to us being onstage for a while.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

I definitely love performing live because there are moments of spontaneity. And as much as you're performing on stage, I feel like the audience is performing, too.

I just love engaging a live audience - I love that.

I like that raw energy that I get from an audience.

It is exhilarating and dangerous to perform live. You are walking a tight rope in front of hundreds of people: anything could happen on stage, and whatever does, you must find a way to make it work.

Live performances are exhilarating, especially when performing for a young crowd.

I was a part of the largest WrestleMania ever, so I know how to feed off the energy from the crowd in my fights.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

I do my best creating on stage.