Jeff Tweedy Quotes

What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it's instantaneous, and just to watch people light up, it's really amazing. I love that connection.

Anytime you go to see a band with a guitar player, there's always a fear of guitar overkill! That's a funny question. If you went to a Taylor Swift concert or a Jay-Z show, people would think, 'Oh, my God, I hope I don't get guitar overkill.' People come to our show for guitar, and there can never be enough.

Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs.

I don't like old people on a rock and roll stage. Me included.

I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like it is for a rock band.

I started going to rock shows at a really young age, and seeing other young people make music definitely influenced me.

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.

Some of the best rock shows I ever saw were those appealing to all your senses.

If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.

We've been performing with symphonies all of our career and it sounds so wonderful when they play 'My Girl' with the large string section, I want to turn around and look.

The show isn't about screens, and we don't have any video content or lasers or things blowing up. I want people to come to our show to listen. I want the show to be the music.

I know what it's like to go to a concert, wait to hear your favourite song - and then they don't play it!

To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.

It's a great privilege and a highlight for choir and orchestra members to perform for audiences in live concerts.

There was one incident where we couldn't hear ourselves, so we were singing in an entirely different key than the instruments. It gets so loud at a Jonas Brothers concert!

When I was touring with Peas, I was able to make the crowd feel the energy. When I said: 'put your hands up or make some noise,' they just did it.

Oh, man, the first concert I ever went to was Boston and Sammy Hagar, and it was absolutely incredible. I was just blown away by both bands, and, once again, it was my first concert, so that made it super, super special.

Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.

My first concert was Chicago and Moody Blues. I was 15 years old.

There are a lot of bands coming up now that are literally thrusting their soul, their passion into something that fans can pay for a ticket to go see, and they know it's going to be awe-inspiring.

Another very common use, in all cultures, of psychoactive substances is to give people transcendent experiences. To allow them to transcend their human and ego boundaries to feel greater contact with the supernatural, or with the spiritual, or with the divine, however they phrase it in their terms.

I think there's probably a God-shaped hole in everybody's being. Even if God only exists in people's minds, He's still a force.

You were playing your instruments? Or do you have tape recorders under your seats?

I think that walking down the middle of the street with several thousand people who share your deepest beliefs is one of the best ways to take a walk.