Whitney Houston Quotes

I've played Madison Square Garden and Jones Beach several times, but I personally don't enjoy those larger venues. I much prefer theater or a performance space.

Every show I play, 10 or 10,000 people, I want it to be the same one.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

Anything you can do to get more people to come to your live shows is good, because that's where you can really do what you do. Everyone's on the same page, and you don't have to win strangers over as much.

Intimacy comes from being yourself on the stage and making the audience feel, without trying, that you're sittin' down there with 'em, playing, and that can happen in a big hall, if you have a good audience that want to listen.

It doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler in the world and can do every move perfectly; if you don't connect with the crowd or sell well or have good promos, nobody cares.

I first came across Langhorne Slim when I saw him play live, and he's an incredibly infectious performer. The way he works the crowd is mind-blowing. You can listen to his music without really listening to his lyrics, but it pays off if you do.

You can't manufacture the feeling of being in a small crowd and connecting on every single level to the very last person in the very last row in the back. I think when you evolve into a headlining act and things get bigger, the intimacy and some of that energy gets lost a little bit.

My dream is to stand in front of 60,000 people in an arena and know that everyone came because they wanted to make memories with me.

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage 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!

Full live performances are always my favorites, and I think a lot of people's favorites too, just because you can feel the energy off the crowd and there's so much more interaction, and just everything overall is just like very hype.

The thing about doing gigs is you make music, and then it is gone and that is being watched by thousands of people.

I actually always try to have a moment in my show where I can just lay down on stage and talk to people for a little while.

Playing live is closer to theatre, although when you're up there on your own, it's quite scary and revealing because you're playing your own songs. It's like a one man show that you've written yourself.

Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself.

It's so easy in these cabaret venues to get earnest.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

I am the audience. I want to observe people. Even when I'm playing drums onstage, I'm watching people. I'm looking at them and their faces and their T-shirts and their signs. And travelling by motorcycle, especially, the world is just coming at me.

I love watching live shows from different artists from different stages of their lives. I'm always interested in the mastery of the live performance.

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

I have similar feelings, actually. The intimacy of a club: you can see the people, you can almost feel them; you can't beat that. People will say things, and shout out, it's almost like they're up on the bandstand with you.