Jim Root Quotes

When I'm performing for 4,000, 5,000 people, it's a show. It's a rock n' roll concert.

It doesn't matter if you load it on a DVD, if you videotape it, it doesn't matter. There's nothing more exciting than being at a live show.

Our show doesn't rely on the typical whistles and bells, and smoke and mirrors. It relies mostly on the music.

When you have a play, you have to be on every night.

I love to perform live.

One of the things I love about music is live performance.

When you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre.

I've always believed, in my heart of hearts, that it would be a better show if, when I crossed over to the desk, the band kept playing for an hour and I danced in a cage.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me.

Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.

I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That's why they aren't sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. It's such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too.

I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis.

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.

I need that on stage. I need a burst of life. That's entertainment for me.

That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.

You don't go see Primus to see what kind of new clothing I'm wearing or what my new hairdo is. You come to see Primus for the musical experience and the visual experience. I think, anyways. Maybe I'm wrong!

The big advantage to playing the Venetian in Las Vegas - where it's a beautiful theater - is that unlike other places, even many other nice venues, I can do a set and lighting cues, I can put on a real show. I can dress up, wear a tux.

The stage show is, in some sense, highly theatrical. It's definitely not just a band in jeans playing rock and roll.

I enjoy theatre tremendously, and there's nothing like a live performance.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

I love seeing live music.

I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.