Jerry Garcia Quotes

I'm not Kathy Griffin. I can't do 1200 seat venues. I need 300, 400 something like that.

I want to play in a place people want to hear me.

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

Touring has been a major part of my career. I've done a lot of huge shows, including a 13-night sell-out stint at the Indoor Arena in Birmingham, playing to a total audience of 65,000.

Every time an artiste goes on stage, he thinks 'I hope today goes well and I hope I give my best.' That is important - that little bit of nervousness or tension is what makes you perform better.

I don't think it's any secret that the bigger the venue, the subtlety and artfulness of comedy declines.

I would like to perform at the Nassau Coliseum; that's the goal.

If I could make the same amount of money doing standup it would be no contest. The problem is that if you do make that kind of money doing standup, it's not in clubs, it's in big auditoriums and large venues, and I really think something is lost when you do standup for a big crowd.

I want a room that I can definitely pack out. I don't want to sweat that part, "Am I gonna have enough people?" So I usually pick like a hundred, a relatively small room. Also, I'm looser in a small room. I don't want to record an album in front of a thousand people, not that I could draw a thousand, but I just want a room that I can really work back to front. That's just a very comfortable place for me to be loose.

When I go to do a show, it's my time; it's all about me. You've come to see me. You haven't come to see me if you're in an armchair watching a video. It's very distracting.

A band's best and worst shows really aren't that far apart.

Chris Martin has this voice that resonates through a whole arena.

I've played to audiences where people are sitting there with their arms crossed, just kind of watching. Although they might be having a great time, and they might be really enjoying the spectacle, if I'm not getting anything back, it does affect the way I perform and project.

Either a player accepts competition or they say they absolutely need to play. For a player to have an open door, I have to have, at the same position, an element that is just as good or even better.

I've been in front of 60,000 people. Then there are times I've been in front of less than 100. Every single show is going to be something you remember.

It's about how you're using the space. That's what makes live music.

Audiences are not interested in watching singers who stand stiffly and sing for three hours.

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

I always put my best into our live performances and most of all it is always important for us to keep true to what we do as BABYMETAL.

You gotta do both. You've got to be on those big tours, and you've got to be in the clubs.

With realistic and deglamourised roles and live sound, the charisma of a star is not enough. Can you be many different people?

For me, it's more about the musicianship - focusing on the guitar, playing with my band, rather than just going out and doing what anyone my age can do with backup dancers and a track.

I do think image is important in a band, because when I go see a show, I want to see a show; I don't want to just listen to the music.

The way I do that is to keep coming up with good songs and when I do a concert, I make sure I give a good performance. It's not rocket science.

When I have 7,000 people plus at Red Rock just for a show of mine, I think it's wonderful to get that many people to come see you.