Pat Smear Quotes

I think we've always been better live.

I love Coldplay. The lights, and the sound quality They really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they'll make a mistake and stop. I think they do it intentionally just to show you they're really playing it live.

I love live performance and have huge admiration for people who can really do it. It's the same with music: I'll play a record and think that I'm not really into country or ragga. But, if it's live and the musicians are good, I'll listen to pretty much anything.

There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.

I think what AC/DC does best is play live. That's when everything comes together. Even after you make a studio album, when you go out and play live, that's when you learn what being in a band is all about.

I first came across Langhorne Slim when I saw him play live, and he's an incredibly infectious performer. The way he works the crowd is mind-blowing. You can listen to his music without really listening to his lyrics, but it pays off if you do.

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 think that my performances with Led Zeppelin got better with each performance and I think that our performances as Led Zeppelin Experience have also gotten better with each show.

When I go to do a show, it's my time; it's all about me. You've come to see me. You haven't come to see me if you're in an armchair watching a video. It's very distracting.

When you're on stage and you got a great audience, that makes the show that much better for the band.

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band.

I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.

Yeah, playing live for me is the essence of what we do.

I've always loved to play live.

I'm not a DJ. I play live and think we put on a show. That's it.

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 feel like once you go with a band, it's hard to go back. I just don't see myself performing without a band.

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.

We're a live band. It's what we do best.

I was in a band when I was in high school, and I was bitten by the performance bug, if anything else.

For me, it's more about the musicianship - focusing on the guitar, playing with my band, rather than just going out and doing what anyone my age can do with backup dancers and a track.

Every show I play, 10 or 10,000 people, I want it to be the same one.

I do think image is important in a band, because when I go see a show, I want to see a show; I don't want to just listen to the music.

I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.

When I see someone great live, what I think is, 'I can't wait to hear the record.'