Matisyahu Quotes

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

I love going on tour and playing music for people.

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

I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.

I just love performing so much, and I threw myself into every musical theater production that was going in my home town and at school. And then, I went to the National Youth Music Theatre, which was really a galvanizing experience for me when I was 17.

I love to perform. I love live shows.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling school.

I'm in a band, I sing live.

I have been a performer for as long as I can remember. I performed in Sunday school and church plays.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

I was a dancer from about the age of four, so I was always performing and forcing my parents to watch my brother and I do 'Jesus Christ Super Star' in the living room. My first step was community theater, and then I started to do films.

My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance.

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.

Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.

Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

I want to be in a musical. I love music, and just to be able to mash the music and the acting together, it would be just incredible.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

As kids, we were at concerts like Michael Jackson every weekend. My first concert was Earth, Wind and Fire.

I just love playing live.

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.

I don't miss television. It's too much hurry up and sit around, wait till they do this and do that, and get the lighting just right. I'd much rather go out on a stage anywhere and just play and sing for an hour.