Michael Anthony Quotes

I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it makes you play differently. It's so much more fun to play because there's so much more high energy in a place like that.

I love being in an arena that has like 10,000 people and huge crowds. I want to do a show at like the Viper room so badly. Like go up on stage and thrash myself around, go jump into the crowd. You can effing swear, get drunk on stage and do whatever you want basically.

The energy that comes when you compel people to dance stays with you your whole career - whether you are playing to 100,000 people at Glastonbury or 1,000 kids in a club.

I think doing more live stuff's made us feel a certain way about that particular point. I quite like small clubs. I don't really like playing in big clubs, and I think I'm really into the idea of a few people being together.

I play some places where the people are right at my feet, and you can see their expressions. It's kind of more like playing in your living room. It's almost easier to play in front of thousands of people in an arena scene, in some ways, but you don't get the personal contact.

Our show is all about energy and all about the skill, so we never have to alter it for different audiences, although maybe we might get crazier at a punk-rock show. With kids moshing and crowd-surfing, we might have to get crazy as well.

There's definitely no subtlety in what I do. When you want to get your face melted, you come to a Grace Potter and the Nocturnals concert.

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.

The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.

Playing in arenas, that's very non-personal with the crowd.

I've played Madison Square Garden and Jones Beach several times, but I personally don't enjoy those larger venues. I much prefer theater or a performance space.

One of the fun things about playing live is watching the audience sing the songs back to us.

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I'm a singer-songwriter, but we get loud and we jump around. We have dance moves; we freak out. It's really fun, man!

When I play live, I jump around like an idiot for an hour-and-a-half or more under a lighting rig that's hotter than hell.

There's nothing better about being a musician than live performing.

The cool thing about the smaller gigs - it's the intimacy. You really feel connected to the crowd.

I like that raw energy that I get from an audience.

There's nothing like performing in front of a live crowd and just having people literally react to whatever it is you do, and there's nothing better than when you get that connection with the audience.

When I go to a live show, I want to be moved. That's why you do it. And it's not very often that a band will move you live.