John Petrucci Quotes

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs that I sing.

I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is.

We've played everywhere since I started The Licks. We've played arenas, clubs, school cafeterias and bowling alleys. It doesn't matter where the venue is; we're gonna bring you the rock!

Pearl Jam sit down and have conversations about Kiss all the time on tour.

I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.

I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music.

My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.

The Band is sounding real good. We've been doing some dates together and they've been going well.

I have a following. Whenever I am on tour they come. It is always sold out.

I love playing live now more than ever. I enjoy it, I think it keeps you young.

I'm pretty sure that the Walkmen are the band that I've paid to see the most in my life.

I love to play gigs.

I mean there's certainly a lot of progressive rock and metal that exists at the underground level, which has its own vitality, as it should. But it seems to have lost its ability to really charge up the hill.

For me, the best part of being in a band is playing shows, all the raw energy.

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.

I love going on tour and playing music for people.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

Playing show after show is like my bread and butter.

Back in the days of the Smiths, when we first started touring England - this is, like, 1984 - there were these two girls. They were literally vicar's daughters, and they used to follow us to every gig, no matter where we went.

When I'm on tour, I'm in a new city every single night, and the energy and the crowds and the kids and the screaming and them knowing every single word of my music and being onstage is such an energetic feeling with a big payoff.

Singing is my passion and I always wanted to travel the country.

If you're a singer, you do concerts, and you get that interaction with fans and see what cities in what part of the world come out to see you. When you're on television, you're removed from that.

I'm not a big metal fan. I love and respect the musicianship, which is spectacular.

Young people go to concerts.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.