Martin Freeman Quotes

I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing.

When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.

When I play with my band around the U.S.A., the most requested song is 'Peace Frog.'

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

Whenever Elvin Jones comes to Seattle I try to go catch him.

I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in.

I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

It's interesting how some songs really lend themselves to performance in a big public venue and performance by a band and so on, and so they're even more successful in that context than they were on the record.

Go out and support your local rock n' roll band.

For a rock band, I didn't see the point in live albums. To my mind, you've got to be there.

Oh, man, the first concert I ever went to was Boston and Sammy Hagar, and it was absolutely incredible. I was just blown away by both bands, and, once again, it was my first concert, so that made it super, super special.

My first concert isn't that cool or ironic. I wish it had been like, "My first concert was the Backstreet Boys," but the first concert I went to, I think, was this band called The Samples.

We love the idea of really putting on a show. It's not just a band playing on the stage. There's a theatrical element to what's going on.

I think there's this primal need to go to a show when you're a rock fan. And it's about that camaraderie and about that intangible feeling that we all get.

They have barricades at our gigs - to keep people in. We do most of the songs from 'Scrubs' over 55 minutes.

The most amazing live shows that I've ever seen were Rain Parade shows.

Playing the Hammersmith Apollo was pretty special.

My favorite aspect of music is the performance part!

I saw the Dead in '73 at Nassau Coliseum, and that same year, I saw them at the crazy, big Watkins Glen festival. It was just outrageous. It was amazing to see the reciprocity between them and their audience.

Where I live, every band ever comes through, and you can see anything you want, pretty much.

I have very fond memories of Basil's Bar. It was an extraordinary place. You would go for a drink and it would be empty except for the bar bore, which was David Bowie.

Most big concerts sound disgusting and awful and insultingly bad. It's like going to the cinema and been shown a scratchy film which is upsidedown and the bulb had gone on the projector. The quality of large-scale live music is so shocking.

I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.

To go see a band in a big venue is a difficult experience. I don't really like that too much. I'm not a guy who puts on iTunes and goes, "Oh, what's hot!" I don't need to.