It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.
When I was around 11, my dad took me to see Santana live, and then I got 'Sacred Fire,' and everything changed for me.
I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show.
A concert is always like a feast day to me.
When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.
His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen.
My first concert was Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey.
I was 17, and a friend said, 'Man, you've got to listen to this song,' and he played 'Man to Man.' From there on, I was hooked on country. Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Clint Black. Every show that came through America West Arena, I was there.
I like having big hooks and big records and sing-a-longs.
We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids.
I played the Holiday Motel on the circle in 1970. I know the Jersey Shore.
I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!
When we were starting out as a band in New York, we played a concert at a small club early on and asked Lady Gaga to open for us. We were big fans, and she had the same kind of approach to music as we did: not taking everything so seriously and just having fun.
I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with.
I regularly go to concerts with my children sharing the music.
The first time I went crowd surfing was heaven.
I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.
I saw Kiss on 'The Dick Clark Show' in, like, 1980 or something, and 'Kiss Alive!' was the first record of theirs I had.
Everybody wants to have a good time, especially at a concert. That's why everybody goes.
I've seen a lot of Pearl Jam shows, and the only reaction I've ever seen is the audience being completely supportive and loving every moment.
At its best, a live show is completely transcendent. The image I get is breaking through glass or shooting out into the free zone.
'Europe '72' came out right around the time that I started going to see the Dead, and it had a huge impression on me.
When I was managing Boyzone and Westlife there were screaming girls every night. If there wasn't a high-piched screaming, it was a bad gig. I got used to it.
Touring is easy. My wife will be with me a lot of the time. We get spoilt rotten, and all I have to do is go on stage in wonderful places and play music.
I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?
