Kevin Parker Quotes

The most amazing thing is being onstage and watching the audience sing every song lyric for lyric.

One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.

I just play to the people I can see. So it's almost like you are playing to the first few rows of the crowd. You can see the faces of the first hundred people, but then it becomes a blur as the crowds disappear over the hill.

Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's why I do what I do. Other things, like recording, are satisfying, but they're not the same. I love the connection I get with the audience when I'm sitting behind that piano.

I play some places where the people are right at my feet, and you can see their expressions. It's kind of more like playing in your living room. It's almost easier to play in front of thousands of people in an arena scene, in some ways, but you don't get the personal contact.

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.

One of the fun things about playing live is watching the audience sing the songs back to us.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

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.

What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!

The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.

Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.

I just don't like looking at the crowd and seeing them just staring and listening to the music. When I get them involved, whatever type of music I'm playing, they leave there feeling better.

I tend to like the heavier things, especially live on stage. I need that energy and interaction and feeling the audience.

There's nothing like performing in front of a live crowd and just having people literally react to whatever it is you do, and there's nothing better than when you get that connection with the audience.

Of course, I love the arenas; there's a great deal of energy and excitement playing those kind of shows. But there's something that's very intimate and very special about a small venue, where you really feel like you're almost getting to know everyone in the audience.

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.

When I was touring with Peas, I was able to make the crowd feel the energy. When I said: 'put your hands up or make some noise,' they just did it.

When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.

It's so incredible performing in front of 10,000-15,000 people singing along and giving off great energy.