Passenger Quotes

I really love headlining. Opening up is fun - getting to play for all these people who might not know you - but it's so much easier sometimes playing for people who know all your songs: you get that instant feedback.

No one comes to my shows so they'll feel safe and comfortable.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.

There's nothing better than making music and hearing 3,000 people chant, 'Afrojack! Afrojack!'

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.

What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!

Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.

It's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics.

A lot of times, it's nice to open, because the heat's off you. You just go out and blast your set and say to whoever's going to finish, 'There you go.' Even though when you first start, people are drifting in, and that's kind of a bit disconcerting.

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs, it's a surreal moment for me.

I know that out of the thousands of people who show up, maybe nine of them will actually understand what's going on stage, music-wise. But no one should be sitting down in my concert.

For me, I feel most at home when I'm playing live.

Sometimes you really rely on the audience to have a good time playing live, and sometimes you could have zero people or a thousand, and you'd feel exactly the same.

It's tough going out as the opening act of a band especially when you're solo.

It's so incredible performing in front of 10,000-15,000 people singing along and giving off great energy.

I learned all I have to do is sing the best music I know how and put on the best show I know how and just relax with it and people enjoy it.

The thing about doing gigs is you make music, and then it is gone and that is being watched by thousands of people.

If you can sing to a room of 60 people who don't give a damn, then if, someday, you're playing to people who really want to hear your music, that's not hard.

I really, really love being on stage now.

Very few people know what it's like being onstage looking out at a sea of bodies.

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.

As much as only playing clubs can become tedious, performing in huge venues can also become off-putting. To go from one to the other feels great. And sometimes playing clubs can be even more stressful, because you really have to think about what you're going to tell the audience between songs.

Obviously, Iron Maiden is on a way bigger scale to British Lion, but as a musician playing live, it's just the adrenaline rush of playing in front of an audience that gives you that rush.

I'm always making micro-adjustments onstage, listening to the audience, and what a crowd is like can be infectious.