Bill Callahan Quotes

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

I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you.

Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.

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

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

It's awesome to play 1 1/2 -hour shows because it's so much fun, and we enjoy every single minute of it.

I feel like you've gotta be able to get up every night in front of a live audience. Whether it's 10 people or 50 people or a hundred people, whether you're in a rock band or doing the comedy circuit.

During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

The energy that comes when you compel people to dance stays with you your whole career - whether you are playing to 100,000 people at Glastonbury or 1,000 kids in a club.

Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

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

I have fun on stage, so people think maybe they should, too.

I really love live performing!

You don't really know a song until you play it live.

Once I'm on stage, the energy of the crowd wipes my nerves away.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!

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

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.