Stjepan Hauser Quotes

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.

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.

Apart from working on music, I'd rather play big festivals than almost anything else.

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

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording.

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

I've been playing music since I was 12. I love performing live.

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

I'm a big fan of live music and going to gigs, but I'll leave it to the professionals.

When you see a band, you want to see characters.

About music shows... um... I do want to go on music shows.

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

Live music is proof that there's some things the Internet can't kill. In our lifetime, we're going to see more and more things start to disappear and get gobbled up by the Internet, but live music won't be one of them.

I think that it's crucial. I think that playing live, if you want to be an artist - that's what artists do.

We have always been a touring band, and we love playing live.

Any chance I get to see a band that I like, I take it.

We love touring. We love being in front of the fans.

I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town.

I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great.

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.

Pink Floyd are one of a handful of bands I've listened to a lot and whose concerts I've been to. I love the experience. I don't dance; I just jig up and down like everybody else.

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.

The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back.

And the live show is still our main thing.