Lou Reed Quotes

It's a different thing playing in a smaller venue where you can actually see people's faces and reactions. It's so much more intimate. You walk away with a more personal experience.

It is amazing to sing in front of a live audience. It is incredible. The energy is awesome.

Take the main event of WrestleMania and put it in front of 75 people, and it will dramatically affect the way everyone watching feels about it.

I love little theatres because it's very intimate, and you can have a very easy rapport with the audience. Everyone's in the same room.

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 really enjoy doing the live stuff.

When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.

It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause you're in a vacuum when you're on a TV show. You see the response online, you read about it and all of that, but actually to be live and have that many thousands of fans come out, it's really wonderful.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don't think of it as work. It's just so much fun.

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing.

I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage.

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.

I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite describe what it feels like when you're standing in front of a forty piece orchestra, and there's nothing between you and an audience but a microphone. It's like strapping yourself to a locomotive, and I love it.

That's kind of fuse for the show - those first 10-15 seconds you're onstage. The curtain drops and you see the crowd for the first time and they see you for the first time. The response and the energy that's going on right there - to me, that sets the tone for the rest of the night.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

And I think I'm an adrenaline junkie, and there's nothing that will spike your adrenaline more than sitting in a theater and listen to an audience react to something you've written.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

It's very intense to be in front of a live audience. It's just an amazing experience. It's dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It's electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you're on this other planet.

I played shows in front of like 25, 50 people, and it's a lot harder to do your thing in front of a crowd that's small.

I love getting cheers. I love giving scares. Anything that really works with the audience makes me happy.