Steve Forbert Quotes

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes.

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

I love nothing more than to perform my songs in front of a live audience. And whatever I'm doing is driven toward finding or writing songs and putting out hit songs that drive people coming to see me live. Because, at the end of the day, that's what I enjoy the most.

I miss my singing career very much.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

A stadium tour would be amazing - that's definitely one of my goals. Just to keep putting out real, honest music that people can really relate to and connect with.

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

It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.

Being a professional musician with Downhere for 11 years now, I feel completely at home on stage.

The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and put on really good shows.

With 'A Million Miles,' I still was proving myself as a writer and as a vocalist. It gave me the platform to tour again.

The way I do that is to keep coming up with good songs and when I do a concert, I make sure I give a good performance. It's not rocket science.

What I always wanted to do was to be a rock star.

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.

I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.

That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.

I need to show the world that my final goal is to perform huge concerts like Madonna.