Kathleen Hanna Quotes

I've asked to go back into theaters and smaller venues because to me, in smaller venues I can really demonstrate my commitment to quality. Theaters are great containers for music.

Bands like Culture Club and artists like me, you tend to concentrate on the live arena because that's where you can be your most authentic. That's where you have the most power.

It's about how you're using the space. That's what makes live music.

It used to be enough for me to get on stage and sing. I kind of crave the performance part now. I write knowing it's going to happen, which I didn't do before.

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 feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love. It completes my life.

I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it's what I live for.

I want to play in a place people want to hear me.

I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.

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.

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.

I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous.

I was a standup comic, which doesn't necessarily mean you interact with people all that much. In fact when I did shows, I wouldn't talk to the audience very much. Then my friend offered me a radio show, and I thought, you know, I'll try talking to people and see what kind of interviewer I was.

I would be a horrible lip-syncher. I would only ever sing live - that's why people come and see the show. It's not the easiest thing in the world to sing and dance at the same time, which is why I'm grateful to be able to do both.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.