Benny Goodman Quotes

I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.

Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.

I just love playing live.

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

I love playing arenas; it's the best thing.

When I'm singing, I can see so many people, and I can see their response and everything. And being somewhere like the Hollywood Bowl, I'm seeing those immediate people in front of me, but other than that, it's just dots, and I'm just imagining who's out there and imagining their responses.

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

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.

Our very first gig in Melbourne was a confrontation.

Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for.

I love to perform live.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

The most enjoyable part of my career is singing live.

We wanted to get everyone back focused on the fact we are playing live again. It really does sound great.

It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real.

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like.

It's so liberating to play a song in front of 50,000 people that you've never played before. Not something you played a long time ago and have forgotten: Never. Played. Before. There's something magical about it.

Things were never as exciting for me as the first gig in New York.

When I'm in front of a crowd, I don't think 'Oh, there's some hard-core metalheads and some alternative fringe types, so we should be okay.'

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.

Being on stage at the Soho Theatre is hard to beat.

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

I've always loved to play live.