Jack Antonoff Quotes

Yeah, playing live for me is the essence of what we do.

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

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

You know all these stadiums that U2 are playing? I've played in them. And I'm building up to it again.

I go to a lot of rap shows and sometimes take what they do from a performer's aspect, how they interact with the crowd. I always have a DJ with me on the road, as well as some dancers.

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

I think we've always been better live.

The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react.

It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.

At the Drive-In was very meat and potatoes - a one-trick pony. Everyone was attracted to us because we put on a good live show.

To perform live would be amazing; that's a huge thing to undertake.

I remember when I was a kid and I used to go and see Queen play live. It was like there was Queen the album band, and then Queen the four dudes on stage playing the songs on stage, and it never lacked anything to me when it was just the four dudes playing the big songs.

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 definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

I've always loved to play live.

I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.

When you make records, you gotta think about what's going to be happening at the concert.

When I'm onstage, I hope it looks like what I want to see - the lights, the pyro, the band.

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

My favourite thing about touring is really the shows, because early on you can say it's definitely things like travel and seeing the world and stuff like that, but over time you don't really get to see the world. The most important thing in the day is the show. So that's why I do it.

I wouldn't want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don't mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.

After every tour, I think about hanging up the touring hat, and after a while of not working, I'm ready to play. I think I enjoy playing music more than I enjoy not playing music.