Larry Norman Quotes

I do actually like performing to a live audience. I like the response. I do a lot of Doctor Who conventions now, and the reason that I do them is that there is a live audience I can get to directly.

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.

Being on stage makes me come to life. When all eyes are on you, they're watching every move you make.

There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world.

A pastor has to be media-savvy if he's going to reach everybody. I don't mean to be ugly and harsh, but to be forthright and candid. And the result is that people that don't like you start listening.

For any performer who's coming up, if they really want to test their psychology and how they handle themselves on stage, then coming to the U.K. as a whole is a wonderful place for that.

I feed off the audience a lot, their energy.

Not playing off of an audience is very challenging.

Radio, in a way, is preaching.

When I'm on, people watch; people pay attention.

I'm used to doing a lot of live broadcasting.

Why wouldn't I like to walk into a room full of people who are dying to hear everything I say?

I like that raw energy that I get from an audience.

When you can connect with a live audience and you get that immediate response it's just great.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

I make sure I say something important without being preachy through all my performances.

An hour show panics me a lot less than five minutes at the O2. How do you put yourself across and make sure people have a good time in five minutes?

Some nights I'm funny with the between-song commentary, some nights I'm not. I have no control over this. I pace the stage a lot and struggle with the mic stand in a ridiculous way.

I play shows sometimes, and if everything's connecting, I start blabbing to the audience about anything. Between songs, talking about things in my personal life, or whatever. But there are other situations where I feel a little closed-off. It's really kind of a day-to-day thing.

I know what to say, how to say it, how to bring profile to the issues I care about and people want to listen to me.

You can only absorb when you look back at photos: like when we played Coachella, and there are thousands of people in the audience, and you just walk on stage.

I've played the Royal Albert Hall to 8,500 people, and there wasn't a nerve in my body.

I love music but I never went to a concert in my life. The first time I went to a concert I performed on a stage with Drake.

The skill set of pastor and comedian are incredibly similar. You want to affect people. You're good at reading rooms. You're persuasive, and you're likable.

In my childhood, I used to go to theatres to watch independent singers' outing on screen. I used to be excited about how different they sound in a video and at a theatre.