Danny Elfman Quotes

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

Through the years I've accumulated this big bag of songs. When I go out I do close to two hours, and it's all just attitude - and up-tempo. I've accumulated so many of those types of songs now that the show just gets off with a bang, and I'll only do two or three ballads the whole show.

There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack.

Even if the song meant a lot to me, I would still probably perform it live.

The idea of performing some of Jack Skellington's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas live for the very first time is immensely exciting.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.

I just got off stage playing with Lynyrd Skynyrd a minute ago. It was a great show. Got to meet some incredible guests. This is the bee's knees.

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

I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

I play enough guitar to get by. I don't like to play guitar live.

'm not saying I would never do acting again, because I love it, but there really is nothing compared to getting up in front of people and singing your music.

Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.

I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.

Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.

I don't miss television. It's too much hurry up and sit around, wait till they do this and do that, and get the lighting just right. I'd much rather go out on a stage anywhere and just play and sing for an hour.

I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie.

We've played everywhere since I started The Licks. We've played arenas, clubs, school cafeterias and bowling alleys. It doesn't matter where the venue is; we're gonna bring you the rock!

I think 'Hair' is the kind of show that benefits from the live experience - it needs to be seen and heard.

I like people writing great songs on guitar or piano or what have you. I miss people getting on stage with real bands and real instruments and expressing themselves that way instead of with computers and technology.

I still love playing live, and I love doing records, but writing songs is my main thing.