Kathy Valentine Quotes

I'm not one of those artists who doesn't want to play their most popular songs.

Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.

I remember, when I was very young and going to the Fillmore East and watching three of my favorite bands in one night, I'd want a hit. I want to hear the songs that brought them to that pinnacle of success.

There is nothing like hearing people sing your single back to you during a show.

I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last ten years.

That's the perfect audience: singing along to every word, knowing the songs, appreciating the non-hit songs, stuff like that.

I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts.

Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.

The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the Irving Berlins and the Hoagy Carmichaels, the Harold Arlens, Cole Porter.

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.

On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud.

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.

After every concert, I greet young people in the lobbies. And I see a huge surge of young people playing music.

Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.

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.

Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with.

When I played in a band, people just stand there and look at you and criticize what they didn't like. But if you watch a D.J. show, people go crazy from beginning to end. Say what you want against D.J.'s, but you can't deny that the energy level in the audience is for the most part far above what rock bands have.

I appreciate a lot of singer-songwriters that the normal person doesn't, but I feel like everyone thoroughly enjoys an Ed Sheeran show.

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.

I've watched pretty much every Ed Sheeran video on You Tube that is possible to watch.

I believe it's possible to have hit songs and popular music that's recorded by human beings.

I'm always excited to see the reaction of the crowd when I'm playing a new song.

With a live audience, if you sing with the right feeling, the response you get is a high, an excitement. There's nothing in the studio that can give you anything quite like that.

Even at it's worst, 'Def Jam' was extremely interesting and extremely well performed. And the crowds were amazing.

'This Means War' is up there with 'Hail to the King' in terms of crowd reaction and kids chanting for it.