Greg Davies Quotes

There is nothing to compare with the instantaneous feedback a singer gets from the people sitting in front of him. That is where it all comes together - all the rehearsing and working to get everything just exactly right.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

I love performing in front of a live audience and just stepping out in front of ruddy Royal Albert Hall is just something, I can't describe it.

Performing in front of an audience gives you an extra ten per cent energy and the chance to react to the instant feedback.

Television is very instant. Theatre is much more free, but you are very much on your own up there on stage and in control of your own performance.

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

I don't know how to do a show not in front of a live audience.

It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else.

I think I definitely enjoy recording, but I think it's more fun to go out and perform live, because it's like instant gratification, you know? You feel the response immediately.

Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job... and you better do it well!

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.

Stage is about imperfections and working with them, whether it be from you or the audience.

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.

Theater is just so much more satisfying than film or television just because you deliver the whole thing from start to finish in one evening, and you can tell if people have enjoyed it or not. That's great to do every night to go in front of a full room of people and tell the story. There's nothing like that really.

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

'A Little Nightmare Music' is the first show we created. It's about all the nightmares that can happen in the span of a concert. When things go wrong - when the lights go out or a cellphone rings - that's when an audience suddenly comes alive, wondering what's going to happen next. Things going wrong often leads to something good.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas.

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.

For any performer who's coming up, if they really want to test their psychology and how they handle themselves on stage, then coming to the U.K. as a whole is a wonderful place for that.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

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

Performing live is difficult. But nobody's forcing us to do it.

I play some places where the people are right at my feet, and you can see their expressions. It's kind of more like playing in your living room. It's almost easier to play in front of thousands of people in an arena scene, in some ways, but you don't get the personal contact.