Nadine Coyle Quotes

I've definitely seen bands before they made money kind of change their thing on the next tour, and I prefer it when it's a little more raw.

I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.

When I was growing up, every show had live music. Now, almost none have live music. Probably 97 percent of the shows on television are probably synthesized, or mostly synthesized, and that's a shame.

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

So many bands play to tracks - what's the point in coming to see them live if they're playing to a CD?

There's something about live recordings now that's too hi-fi.

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

Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age. But even before I was singing in bands and creating any kind of art, I was always fascinated by pop culture.

Not even the creators of 'Rock Band' could possibly believe that playing the game is tantamount to making your own music. There is, however, a sad similarity between 'Rock Band' and some actual bands, and that is the attempt at realness.

I've studied live shows and artists for so long. I got the tour documentaries and all that and watched them. I love a show. I love an artist that can do all of it.

I've watched so-called 'New Order' playing in Auckland, and Tom Chapman is miming along to my bass on tape... He's got his fingers on the low, and you can hear my high bass in the background. So he's miming.

Bands like Culture Club and artists like me, you tend to concentrate on the live arena because that's where you can be your most authentic. That's where you have the most power.

I would largely attribute my identity - as it relates to music labels and corporate music giants - to Dave Chappelle and his relationship to and firm standing in Hollywood.

When you make albums like I do, and it's based off fanfare and based off touring - I make these albums, and I get on the road. It's not really a radio-driven thing. I get on the road, and I see my fans, and I touch each and every last one of them.

I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.

A 'Roc-A-Fella purist' is me.

I always tell my audiences not to listen to such artists who play audio CDs at their concerts. Such shows shouldn't be called live shows. People like AR Rahman, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Arijit Singh are the ones who hold true concerts.

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

A constant goal of mine is to try to put myself back in the place when I wrote something - not just to perform it on a surface level, but to re-enter that headspace, that emotion. That's the point of a live show - for it to feel immediate and present and a little bit unpredictable.

When I go to a live show, I want to be moved. That's why you do it. And it's not very often that a band will move you live.

My autobiography would be 'Loves music, loves art, works hard, writes music, tours the world, makes records.'

I still love playing live, and I love doing records, but writing songs is my main thing.

I had a style before I was signed, but now I'm developing my commercial sound as well as trying to strike a balance between authentic music and music that the masses will love.

I never wanted to just press play on some DJ set and let the lights do all the work. I value old-fashioned performance a little more than that.

As a session player for so many years, I have found myself in rooms looking around going, 'Is this for real?'