Roy Orbison Quotes

There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes.

I love live music and I love to see people's faces when I'm performing.

Hillbilly Rock' was the song that opened the door and gave me a reason to get a bus and a band and cowboy clothes to go out there and figure it out in front of everybody. And the hits started coming.

AC/DC is a tough gig for everyone in the band.

You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.

It's been amazing getting to go from city to city and perform for thousands of people. It's an amazing feeling, and the energy is crazy.

You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.

It's been three years since I last performed here so I'm dying to tear the roof off Wembley Arena with some old school joints and brand new bangers. When I'm done, you're gonna remember it for a long time to come.

I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.

I didn't want to be a performer. I didn't want to be famous.

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs that I sing.

When I played with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in Vegas, the guys used to go, 'Dick, cut it out, man! You're moving around too much on this stage. You're making us look bad!'

I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes.

I never dreamed that I would hear 10,000 people screaming when I stepped out onto a stage. Well, that's not entirely true. I dreamed about it but in a performing-on-the-stage-at-Staples-Center-or-Madison-Square-Garden context. But never in a I'm-in-a-movie-that-hasn't-even-come-out-yet one.

I haven't been on the stage in a long time.

I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.

The thought of going on tour with people like Toyah Wilcox is just appalling. I'm certainly not tempted.

I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.

We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play.

If I could be a country music star, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I'd hit the road and just jam out.

Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

Rock stars are good at making noise.

When you're on tour, you're trying to get the crowd involved and really sing and perform to them. When you're going to write and be in the studio, it's like, 'Now I have to think about me.' That's the mind-set you have to work with.

I live in Nashville, and I love to sing. When I'm on stage, I feel like a performer for sure. I know people are looking at me and taking pictures and singing along, and that part's wonderful, but I do live in Nashville. I live the most boring life away from what you see me on camera doing.