Wayne Static Quotes

I feel the best part of my job is meeting my fans at my shows and seeing their faces when I'm singing to them on stage.

Bands like Culture Club and artists like me, you tend to concentrate on the live arena because that's where you can be your most authentic. That's where you have the most power.

If you've paid your hard-earned money to see a gig, you want to be entertained. That's what I wanna give my fans.

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them.

The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.

Anything you can do to get more people to come to your live shows is good, because that's where you can really do what you do. Everyone's on the same page, and you don't have to win strangers over as much.

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.

People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

When I am performing live, I walk into a room, and I just try to get a feel for the vibe, and I am coming from different angles musically. I might come with a new song, I might come with some hip-hop, with some R&B. Once I find my way, then I am hitting you, and hitting you all night.

Performing music live, there's a certain magic to it.

During any performance, I love to connect with the crowd and hope fans leave my show feeling happy.

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.

With Dream Theater live, I may have been a bit of a focal point because I absolutely live for the energy on stage, and having interaction with the audience is absolutely crucial to me - regardless of how some others have described it!

When you're on tour. there's a contract between you and the audience: do what you want, as long as you do what we want. You're having to play with the past at every gig.

We live for our concerts. We like a live appearance more than anything else about this business and it bothers us when we put so much into it and the critics bomb us.

It's so special to meet people after the show, getting that connection during the actual concert. It creates a stronger bond.

I love to create something new every night onstage; that makes a big difference.

I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times we don't. The point is, you'll never get the same Avenged show twice. I think it's really important to be theatrical. I mean, look at Iron Maiden!

The live show allows me to transcend myself, because it's not about me anymore. The writing process is very much about me but then the live show is not. They feel really different.

I continue to do standup because there's a connection with a live audience - there are skills that you do learn as a standup comedian that help you on a set.

There's nothing like the spontaneity of making something work on stage.

I've always enjoyed acting, and there's more than a degree of it involved in singing live on stage.