Borns Quotes

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.

When I was a kid and went to shows, my favorites were Live Events. You really see a performer's personality on Live Events than on TV.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

I'm not a DJ. I play live and think we put on a show. That's it.

I'm obsessed with concerts.

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

The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.

Pink Floyd are one of a handful of bands I've listened to a lot and whose concerts I've been to. I love the experience. I don't dance; I just jig up and down like everybody else.

I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme in concert.

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

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 am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.

You don't go see Primus to see what kind of new clothing I'm wearing or what my new hairdo is. You come to see Primus for the musical experience and the visual experience. I think, anyways. Maybe I'm wrong!

I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows.

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.

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