Dan Deacon Quotes

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

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

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. It's not as if I sit down and play 'Fire and Rain' by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up... the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions.

The thing about doing gigs is you make music, and then it is gone and that is being watched by thousands of people.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrical event. I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

Performing music live, there's a certain magic to it.

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

The only real satisfaction is live performances. That's when you can actually get some feedback from what you're doing. You get that artist-to-audience chemistry. I love it!

A lot of writers don't know what it feels like to get on stage. They don't understand the weight that songs can carry. I got a chance to play all these shows. I got a chance to define myself through music, so when it comes to helping other people figure out what they should say, I've been through it.

Glasgow Barrowlands is the greatest concert venue in the world.

It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background.

When you see a band, you want to see characters.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

I believe I'm an artist that just shines live - it's just something that happens.

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

I played the bars in northern California since I was 18. We played at least three hours, and there's no which-way about it: That definitely helped.

In the studio is one thing, but playing live is the important part, I think.

When I go to a live show, I want to be moved. That's why you do it. And it's not very often that a band will move you live.

I just love seeing my audience live, and I also love to see my peers perform because it inspires me to be a better performer as well.

I never wanted to just press play on some DJ set and let the lights do all the work. I value old-fashioned performance a little more than that.

The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform.

I remember when I was a kid and I used to go and see Queen play live. It was like there was Queen the album band, and then Queen the four dudes on stage playing the songs on stage, and it never lacked anything to me when it was just the four dudes playing the big songs.

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.

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.

With Dream Theater live, I may have been a bit of a focal point because I absolutely live for the energy on stage, and having interaction with the audience is absolutely crucial to me - regardless of how some others have described it!