Hugh Skinner Quotes

I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

I remember being totally enamored with Sid Caesar.

Theatre is a very beautiful and interesting medium because it's a live show, unlike a film - once released, it's gone.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

It's always been about the live show for us. We're having Halloween onstage every night.

There's nothing like performing in front of a live crowd and just having people literally react to whatever it is you do, and there's nothing better than when you get that connection with the audience.

I'm an 'SNL' junkie, and being backstage and seeing how it works behind the curtain for a couple days was something I'll never forget.

We've had the good fortune of performing to live music a few times in our career and it always creates a different dynamic.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

I love every aspect of live performance and putting our shows together and approaching it from the standpoint of, 'What would we want to see if we were a fan sitting in the audience?'

With Dream Theater live, I may have been a bit of a focal point because I absolutely live for the energy on stage, and having interaction with the audience is absolutely crucial to me - regardless of how some others have described it!

I like a direct relationship between actor and audience.

I also think something that makes the whole live performance fun for me is that I love my music.

When I'm performing for 4,000, 5,000 people, it's a show. It's a rock n' roll concert.

You can only absorb when you look back at photos: like when we played Coachella, and there are thousands of people in the audience, and you just walk on stage.

Live performance is everything. First of all, I have terrible stage fright. But beyond that, once the music starts, it's OK.

I like bringing keyboards and stuff on stage.

I've said this many times: Rock 'n' roll is this magnet for dysfunctional people who only know how to communicate through the medium of a live show.

I've always felt that if people just came to one of my gigs, all would be revealed.

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 something distinct and interesting about a live performance. There's this weird immediacy that's, for me, really invigorating, and it just feels really rewarding.

In theater acting, you leave that night and what it was is what it was.

Twenty years ago I went to see this show The Best Disco in Town Live, it was all these disco acts like Gloria Gaynor and Tavares and I had the best night of my life. There was no new music, it was just hits you loved growing up.

A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer.