Rob Zombie Quotes

There is nothing to compare with the instantaneous feedback a singer gets from the people sitting in front of him. That is where it all comes together - all the rehearsing and working to get everything just exactly right.

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you.

Performing live is difficult. But nobody's forcing us to do it.

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

Live performance is everything. First of all, I have terrible stage fright. But beyond that, once the music starts, it's OK.

The music comes alive when you actually perform it in front of a crowd.

It used to be enough for me to get on stage and sing. I kind of crave the performance part now. I write knowing it's going to happen, which I didn't do before.

There might be two or three songs I'm trying out. I've been singing these songs (on the new album) in the studio, but I haven't really done them live. It's intimate to sing them in a studio. Now, I've got to be on a stage and be in front of a lot of people.

I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you. After all these years, I still get nervous in front of people. I can't help it.

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across.

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will be.

I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

I play every show like it's my last. Fortunately, that's never turned out to be the case.

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I've always wanted to do. It's why I want to do two hundred dates a year. I wouldn't feel that way if I were nervous onstage.

For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not gonna be perfect - that's the thrill of it.

I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.

Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting.