Bruce Hornsby Quotes

It's been too many years since I've played live as myself as opposed to in a fake band for a film.

The audience, the place you're in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing.

I haven't been on the stage in a long time.

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

It's hard to pinpoint highlights on tour because they're the gigs really. The whole day becomes about the show. From the time you wake up you are slowly building up to that.

I don't really get heckled! I think it's because I might burst into song at any moment and even rude people have a weird respect for not interrupting singing!

When you go onstage, the process of getting you from the dressing room to the stage is all about ego.

When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to... I finally feel like myself.

Yeah, playing live for me is the essence of what we do.

I've always loved to play live.

I want to know that I'm gonna knock 'em dead every night.

When on stage, I have good concentration. When I don't find something interesting, I can't concentrate.

Trying to look glamorous while singing is not easy.

I don't do much relaxing. When I'm not giving a recital I practise.

Playing live is my natural element. It's too hard to relax in the studio because there are too many options. It's just not as exciting.

Dancing for Flo Rida was a great experience.

I don't really think about the crowd when I am in the middle. I actually forget about the crowd, forget the money; that's exactly what I always do.

You're on stage and because stand-up comedy is one of the few meritocracies in the entertainment industry, there's some kind of - at least for me, there's some kind of idea of control.

Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.

What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.

Originally what I used to love was being on a stage and reacting to a live audience and maybe my calling is more in theatre.

As soon as you just walk through the curtains and the crowd's there, everything's good after that.