Paul Weller Quotes

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

Life is so mundane, isn't it? It's great to hear a guitarist getting into it and the rhythmic section blasting, even if it's all meaningless.

At the end of the day, what people want from me is to get up there on that stage and make them feel powerful and give them a release for an hour and a half or two hours every once in a while. And if I'm still able to do that, hopefully I'm still making people happy.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

To play your music in front of the fans that love it, it's like the best feeling in the world.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people. There is a sterile environment to a studio that doesn't make me let go.

When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts.

I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.

I save the rage for the stage.

There's something about being onstage, singing my lyrics to somebody and them either listening and receiving them, or singing them back to me, that I just can't get enough of.

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

I prefer to play in smaller venues because I like the intimacy, the connection with the audience.

When you're on stage and you got a great audience, that makes the show that much better for the band.

Go on stage and stomp my foot on stage and play my guitar and sing my guts out because I love to entertain people. That's what makes me happy.

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

I loved the feeling I got when I sang. I loved the feeling that it gave to people when I sang.

People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.

I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young.

When you're on stage, the audience becomes your other half. It's the ultimate high you can reach as a musician - an incredible feeling. And no matter where I am it's still the same; there's a reason we call music the universal language.

You move differently than you do when you're filling the stage at Radio City. You have to be bigger than life there.

What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.

The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.