Natalia Lafourcade Quotes

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

It's different playing in a studio than it is playing live, of course.

I think in 2016 I'm going to focus on performing a lot more and doing as many shows as I can. There's plans to tour more, and that's where my heart is - doing the live shows.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform.

The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and put on really good shows.

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

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

When you make records, you gotta think about what's going to be happening at the concert.

I'm in a band, I sing live.

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live.

Songs always get better after you start playing them live.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record.

If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop groups, and 'Python' achieved a similar status. We also had lots of rock star fans - George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant. Promoters saw that and liked it.

The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

When you're in a club or a theater or even an arena, yeah, you want visuals, you want a good light show. But Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.

I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme in concert.

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

And the live show is still our main thing.