Neil Tennant Quotes

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.

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!

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 feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

The energy that comes when you compel people to dance stays with you your whole career - whether you are playing to 100,000 people at Glastonbury or 1,000 kids in a club.

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

You've got to be like a fan at your show, just wild out. I make eye contact. I get in the crowd and kick it with 'em, stage dive, mosh. I make 'em laugh. I go out there and turn up, have fun. There's no set list; I don't have rehearsals.

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.

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

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

Artistically, or just performance-wise, I love playing arenas. I think that is my favorite form, because it's big enough to feel like a big, grand show.

By now, everyone knows I do not just sing standing in the middle of the stage. I also dance and get others to dance with me.

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.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world.

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

Feeling emotionally connected to a song, and accumulating every bit of the moment's energy to sing out to the audience is what I believe makes a great performer.

Some acts are tricky. Eartha Kitt was tricky in a wonderful, old-style way. She did yoga on the piano and put her hands over her ears when the other acts were on.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.