Chance The Rapper Quotes

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.

I'm in this really cool place in my career, where the stage I'm on that night, whether it's the Paisley tour, the CMT tour, or a bar with 10 people in it, it is the most important show I've ever played in my life. I go to the ends of my imagination to do something that's unforgettable every night.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

I put my all into performing so people can walk away knowing a bit more about me and feel the passion in my story.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing.

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

A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.

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

One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.

For many years, there has been only one place where I am in touch with my emotions fearlessly, and that's the stage. Being on stage fills my soul in many ways, almost completely. It's my vice.

Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?

I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home.

What made me fall in love with acting, which is my life, was watching other people perform. It made me hunger to do that.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.

What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.