Adam Rich Quotes

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

It is easy for me to go play a rock show, I have been doing that all my life and I love that.

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.

As a member of Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and now Prophets of Rage I'm pretty used to coming on stage and there's a full house.

I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

The opportunity to open for Fall Out Boy was incredible.

We toured with Deep Purple a number of times.

Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting.

I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

I would play with Guns n' Roses anytime.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

Keith Moon is not interested in jazz and won't ever be a jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at.

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

I think in 2016 I'm going to focus on performing a lot more and doing as many shows as I can. There's plans to tour more, and that's where my heart is - doing the live shows.

The real test of a musician is live performance. It's one thing to spend a long time learning how to play well in the studio, but to do it in front of people is what keeps me coming back to touring.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and performing. Now, I probably do 30 or 40 dates a year and I get to relive how I felt at 19 when I played in some really bad bands.

My first ever tour of my music was in the Netherlands. I didn't really have a grace period to grow or anything; people just started booking for me. I feel pretty lucky.

I love the fact we're still on the road. I was born to be a factory worker really, so for me the chance to get on stage at Wembley 30 years after we started is amazing.

My favorite song to play is 'Smokin' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.

I had a blast doing the Warped Tour, but it's good to be home, for sure.