Tom Green Quotes

I miss physically going out on stage and performing. That's the ultimate high.

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it.

Performing is my passion. Being onstage is at once exhilarating, beguiling, and fulfilling. But it's hard.

I still enjoy performing, whether it's in front of two people or 2,000 people, but it's not fun once you leave the big show.

I love to perform. But I don't like the traveling.

I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.

Performing on stage is such a buzz. I've done stupid things such as jump off a building, but I'd never experienced adrenalin like I did on stage.

I think that's what is so cool about performing. When there is a show to do, you get up there and do 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.

The adrenaline of performing live in front of an audience is a feeling that's hard to replicate.

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

Believe me, it jabs you. When you're on the side of buses and New York loves you, you love to go out there every night. It's like a race. Curtain opens, out you go, and New York is yours.

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

Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.

I asked the question, 'Will I ever perform again?'

Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room.

I love having the opportunity to perform, and I hate not being given the opportunity to perform.

It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive.

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be.

I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of the room. It's hard to croon and run around doing big scissor kicks while also trying to play, though. I'm still mastering that.