Eric Carr Quotes

Las Vegas audiences are swingers. They're drinkers and swingers, and they like to have a good time and party. I never had a bad audience in my career. Sometimes it may take a little longer to get them, you know. But I would get them. I'd get standing ovations... Everything is attitude. It's very important to always like what you're doing.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really well, it makes you feel great. TV is a bit more difficult; there are more factors that can screw it up along the way.

At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.

Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.

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

It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.

I hope our fans will be able to make great memories with us through the music and performances we show on stage.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

For Slipknot, I'd say drumming is only 50 or 60 percent of the job. The rest of it is who you are and what your personality is.

I think our live shows dispelled any misconceptions people had about us. When you come see us live, you know we're anything but a boy band.

Obviously we're not Kiss, but we go out there and jump around like idiots and try to have a good time and entertain people.

I know how to put on a good show, and being a top player is always a way to get fans.

I love just getting to experience the different types of fans and getting to perform in front of thousands of people every night; that is icing on the cake for me. That is the fun.

I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

The camera lens or the television camera is still just a proscenium arch. And as a great old character actor once said to me, wherever you're acting, you reach up and take hold of the proscenium arch, and you pull it down around your shoulders.

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes.

I just want to entertain; that is my main objective and what comes before everything else.

You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on top of it, it's a presentation. There's a showmanship about it. And that's why I wanted to be a pop star.