Miles Davis Quotes

We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play.

I love live music and I love to see people's faces when I'm performing.

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is.

People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.

I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

Yeah, playing live for me is the essence of what we do.

I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.

Just blow in it and sound bad for about a year and then make it sound a little bit better, and you get a little band together, and then you get a few jobs. You take four guys that sound half bad, but if they're 25 percent each, they can give 100 percent, you know?

I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.

It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.

I love to play gigs.

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

I still sing, but completely for my own pleasure. I play a nightclub singer in 'Sparkle,' but I'd like to pursue it a bit more. I sang at a friend's 60th at Claridge's the other month; I did 'Baby It's Cold Outside' with the actor Hilton McRae, and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.'

I want to write songs and play them for people - live.

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

I wouldn't do go to another band.

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

I love live performance and have huge admiration for people who can really do it. It's the same with music: I'll play a record and think that I'm not really into country or ragga. But, if it's live and the musicians are good, I'll listen to pretty much anything.

I was a drummer, and I did a little singing too.

My friends always had bands, and we would play together.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.