John Zorn Quotes

When it's a live performance, anything can happen.

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

It's volatile with GNR. Every night, it's anarchy on stage. Who knows what's gonna happen? That's rock n' roll, man.

If I see a live show and it doesn't have the aspect of danger where it could potentially go wrong, it's not that interesting to me.

The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing.

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending.

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

You never know what's going to happen next onstage.

No matter how many years you play, it's always something new and exciting. It's sports, you never know what may happen.

All theater is unpredictable. That's the definition of theater.

I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts.

I love the rush of doing live TV - you never know what will happen next.

What I like about the EMAs is that you will never know what happens.

I know that you need to be entertaining at the beginning to get people interested, and what interests people is knockouts and excitement.

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.

Live TV is unlike any other animal. I love the adrenaline rush. I love the unexpected.

We've finally told the world that this is sports entertainment, and I think one of the best forms of entertainment is anything that's fun or funny, something that you really enjoy watching or listening to.

I think I'd like to be a lion tamer, actually. That - that would provide the most audience entertainment if something went really badly.

As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.

The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

My stage show is raw and unpredictable.

What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light, is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie.

I think wrestling is the one that presents theater for people who want to see some theater but don't necessarily have to dress up or be quiet while they're watching.

Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.