Walter Becker Quotes

I'm not a big raised stage fan.

I think I definitely enjoy recording, but I think it's more fun to go out and perform live, because it's like instant gratification, you know? You feel the response immediately.

I enjoyed the idea of going and playing live. My beef was always with Wings that we never played live enough.

Of course, we also have to play in concert halls. This is our dream when you are a musician - to play in a good, comfortable hall with a wonderful acoustic.

To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there - and bigger.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

I go and see music all the time.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

There's nothing better than live music, I think.

Glasgow Barrowlands is the greatest concert venue in the world.

When we were recording, sometimes I wondered if what we were doing would even be possible to play live.

Generally speaking people that come to an amphitheater show, they're not coming to see the opening band.

Typically in Korea when I perform I have a full band, a ten-piece band, and that's a completely different monster in itself to prepare and rehearse.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

I think there's this primal need to go to a show when you're a rock fan. And it's about that camaraderie and about that intangible feeling that we all get.

We have a lot of people onstage. We have a live violin, live cello, live drums played on this kind of massive electronic kit with some acoustic elements built in.

We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.

I prefer playing with a band. It's good to do both, but for me it's quite exciting when I hear my songs completely transformed with the band behind me. You can really get into it more, and so can the audience.

Music is how I unwind. I love going to see bands or DJs at a festival or a dive bar. My taste is pretty diverse.

I love the stage more than the studio.

I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

When you stand in a traditional audience, you have a wall of amplified sound coming at you from one direction. Everyone's familiar with that.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

The first time I performed onstage was at church. Then I formed a rock cover band - Pink Floyd and Joan Jett. We'd play at birthday parties, since it wasn't exactly church material.

It's 2019. People aren't going to shows to watch a band play the song exactly like the record.