Mack Wilberg Quotes

And as far as the Disney Concert hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here.

I love doing concert music.

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.

But some people will say you just did these programs. Well, yes, the programs are important and I'm proud of the programs, but mostly I'm proud of the way the San Francisco Symphony plays these programs.

There was one incident where we couldn't hear ourselves, so we were singing in an entirely different key than the instruments. It gets so loud at a Jonas Brothers concert!

There are a lot of bands coming up now that are literally thrusting their soul, their passion into something that fans can pay for a ticket to go see, and they know it's going to be awe-inspiring.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record.

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.

I think the first concert I attended was Coldplay with my dad when I was around eight years old.

I think the first concert I ever went to was maybe a Five Iron Frenzy concert or something when I was in high school.

If what you do for a living is play drums or bass, then that defines you. You don't want to be some guy missing notes here and there; you want to really speak with it.

The one thing that concerts have done for me is given me the opportunity to get back to sort of do songs that I want to do. It's about enjoying yourself.

There's nothing better about being a musician than live performing.

Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.

I know what it's like to go to a concert, wait to hear your favourite song - and then they don't play it!

I love playing in Germany. I love playing anywhere where people are going to enjoy the music. Germany is especially nice to play.

I like people writing great songs on guitar or piano or what have you. I miss people getting on stage with real bands and real instruments and expressing themselves that way instead of with computers and technology.

I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.

So many times I've gone to hear bands and thought, 'Oh, I can't wait to be on that stage.'

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

I think acoustic performances and full, live performances are always cool in different ways.

To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.

There is nothing like hearing people sing your single back to you during a show.

The idea of standing five feet away from Norah Jones and listening to her sing Neil Young's 'Down By The River' was just phenomenal. I compare that to what my kids know of at a concert, which is sitting in a stadium and watching a huge screen.