Live Shows Quotes

If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.

I have been touring since I got my first band in 1962, so there is no problem there. We are basically performing musicians, so that's what we do.

Sometimes if you're in the studio for a very long time, you want to get out and play live shows and vice versa.

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

I like having big hooks and big records and sing-a-longs.

I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and they used a lot of kids. There were schools just for these kids. There was a whole world that doesn't exist anymore.

We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids.

The reason why people still come to Tech N9ne shows is because they never know what to expect. They know it's gonna be something wild. From generation to generation, I've seen it. The parents are bringing the kids, and then the kids start comin' themselves. It's crazy, man.

I'm convinced whenever something opens on Broadway, it's a miracle. It's a miracle that people survived.

At the end of the day, a playback singer has to depend on live shows as their source of income.

I don't make as many records as other people do because I prefer the live side of it - and my records are so big that they keep me touring for years upon years and years.

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

I enjoyed the idea of going and playing live. My beef was always with Wings that we never played live enough.

When I am not recording, I do live shows or am at home catching up on shows which I regularly watch. But there will always be some music around me.

I love doing shows. I love rocking shows. I love playing instruments. I love singing. If I can find a way to do that and feed my family, then I'm a happy man.

My thing is, when you put a bunch of rules on a tour, you have to hire three more people to enforce all the rules. So, with me, I want everyone to feel comfortable. It's a lot of little moving parts out here, and little hiccups will come. At the end of the day, the show's going to go on, and I want everybody to truly enjoy it.

I thrive on being on the road, waking up in a different place every day and having my life revolve around music. When you walk out in front of 300,000 people and pull it off, it validates you.

We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?

When I play in Atlantic City, I perform Tuesdays through Sundays for two weeks, and I have 91-percent attendance. No one else plays six days a week, two shows per night, and does that kind of business.

We're a rock band. We're proud of it. We're not an art band, a noise band, or an extreme band.

People should be going to shows to have fun and express themselves - just enjoy it!

My father and I were really like a team. I mean, he was very supportive. He'd come to every single one of my live shows.

People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you hit the road. It's also where the most fun is, the adrenaline of it every night, giving this incredibly well rehearsed charismatic version of yourself every night and people hopefully loving you.

Generally my day-to-day is pretty much the same. Just busy and working and on tour. And trying to put on the best show possible every night.