David Bryan Quotes

Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.

I never really went to any concerts that I wasn't in.

To be honest, I've only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.

When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father's concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw something happening with the audience.

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

The songs my band and I like to sing - the songs that the room will erupt for - are '90s hits, like 'All Star.'

Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.

The idea of standing five feet away from Norah Jones and listening to her sing Neil Young's 'Down By The River' was just phenomenal. I compare that to what my kids know of at a concert, which is sitting in a stadium and watching a huge screen.

My first concert was Third Eye Blind.

When I'm singing my songs on stage, I feel like I'm doing a rock show, even though I don't think all my music is particularly straight up rock.

Kasabian are wicked. They've got the hit songs, but it's the presence in the performance and the attitude with it that I love.

I'm a rock/blues guitar player. I'm not wanting to be a pop star or anything.

My first concert was Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey.

There are a lot of bands coming up now that are literally thrusting their soul, their passion into something that fans can pay for a ticket to go see, and they know it's going to be awe-inspiring.

I saw the Dead in '73 at Nassau Coliseum, and that same year, I saw them at the crazy, big Watkins Glen festival. It was just outrageous. It was amazing to see the reciprocity between them and their audience.

My first concert isn't that cool or ironic. I wish it had been like, "My first concert was the Backstreet Boys," but the first concert I went to, I think, was this band called The Samples.

Anytime you go to see a band with a guitar player, there's always a fear of guitar overkill! That's a funny question. If you went to a Taylor Swift concert or a Jay-Z show, people would think, 'Oh, my God, I hope I don't get guitar overkill.' People come to our show for guitar, and there can never be enough.

We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments.

I always use the Rolling Stones as the whipping boy for this, but they still play old songs as 90% of their set, and we would die if that were the case.

I was at a Dolly Parton concert when I was about 9 years old. I saw her at the Ohio State Fair, and it was my first real concert that I'd been to. I saw that crowd and how they reacted and how great of a performer she was and the band. Just the energy of the whole thing collectively really captured me.

We see kids out there on their parent's shoulders rocking out. And that's really special.

Blues Traveler is hot, and Big Head Todd, the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - all of 'em.

When I go to do a show, it's my time; it's all about me. You've come to see me. You haven't come to see me if you're in an armchair watching a video. It's very distracting.

There's nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music.

I'll never forget the first concert I basically went to. Actually, Sonny and Cher was my first concert, but U2 was my first real concert. I was 17 and saw them at JFK Stadium and had really crappy seats.