Debbie Reynolds Quotes

I think live stuff is certainly stuff I enjoy doing. I do like performing for people and bringing it to people.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

There's nothing like spending an evening with an audience every night.

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

I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do.

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

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

I toured with Andrea Bocelli, went to London to do a show for a year in the West End.

Growing up, I was so inspired by front men like Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, and Kurt Cobain - real showmen that put on 'a performance' every time they walk out on stage - so it's important for me to feel like I deliver that.

Live performances are exhilarating, especially when performing for a young crowd.

When I was a kid and went to shows, my favorites were Live Events. You really see a performer's personality on Live Events than on TV.

I enjoyed the idea of going and playing live. My beef was always with Wings that we never played live enough.

It doesn't matter if you load it on a DVD, if you videotape it, it doesn't matter. There's nothing more exciting than being at a live show.

Recording wasn't as important to me as actually being to get on stage and act the fool.

Performing live is like harvesting your crops and sharing your food with people.

Performing to me is the most vital, most important. It's my favorite part of all of it. I just want to be on stage.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event. I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

Being onstage and performing, the high of that, and people coming to see you, and getting to make them laugh - that's what gets me hyped up. It's a nervous excitement.

I love the theater because I love the live audience and when we went three cameras we have a live audience in the study so we had someone to play to and react to. That laughter.

I've always loved the rock & roll element to live shows, because whatever else I do, I'm basically a rock/pop performer, and that's what I like.

I miss live audiences, because it's like no other form of entertainment, where the audience is a major part of the production every night.

Every night I get up on stage, I love it. I never get like, 'Oh, I'm bored, I want to go home.' I never, ever get like that.

Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up.