Suzuka Nakamoto Quotes

Everyone's got crazy fans! But honestly, the crazy fans are where it's at, because they know all the lyrics to the songs that you're singing, and they're dancing and having a great time. You can really enjoy performing for them, even more than you can enjoy performing for someone that's not crazy.

There is nothing like the buzz of singing one of your songs during a show and hearing your fans singing with you.

It's so incredible performing in front of 10,000-15,000 people singing along and giving off great energy.

That's the perfect audience: singing along to every word, knowing the songs, appreciating the non-hit songs, stuff like that.

But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert.

All our fans have great energy, and that's where we get our energy to perform. They know how to have fun with our music.

When I tour with the new album, I still do the classics, and I love the atmosphere it creates with the whole audience singing along.

I'll never forget when we played Shepherd's Bush in London. We played 'I Run To You', and we put the mic out for the last chorus, and you could hear them singing the chorus with the beautiful accent that they have.

I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it makes you play differently. It's so much more fun to play because there's so much more high energy in a place like that.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

One of the fun things about playing live is watching the audience sing the songs back to us.

Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's why I do what I do. Other things, like recording, are satisfying, but they're not the same. I love the connection I get with the audience when I'm sitting behind that piano.

When the show opens, fans can text to a number we flash up on the screen, and then we do a meet-and-greet with 60 to 80 people every night. It's something I love doing, and I would say that's probably more fans than most artists bring backstage after a show.

The most amazing thing is being onstage and watching the audience sing every song lyric for lyric.

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!

I think a show is more of an interacting with fans than you just singing songs.

It's an honour when your audience sings along, more than they listen to you at a live gig.

I like people to go away from a Queen show feeling fully entertained, having had a good time.

There is something f-king unbelievable about seeing all of the fans go crazy and chanting 'Ozzy!' I would pay to see them.

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.

I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

I appreciate an audience that reacts to the music, even if they jump on stage and try to beat us up, I think that's a fantastic reaction. I think that they're really hearing something then.