Dave Clark Quotes

That connectivity with the audience that I get to enjoy, that's my church. It's not one of ego or anything like, 'I'm on the stage and the lights.' It's just this connectivity, and it's always been that way for me.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

I really love live performing!

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.

Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.

In the studio, you can always stop, rewind and do it again, but on stage, you can never do that - it's a different energy. It separates good bands from bad bands, being able to play, perform and really capture an audience. I think that's the hardest part.

When I'm on stage, it's such a spiritual moment that I hope, even when we hit 'Fallon,' you can feel that through the TV. I have this whole horn section that's part of New Power Generation; I have an amazing crew of musicians behind me. It's their energy, too.

There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can't get it anywhere else. And I've been doing it since I was 23, so it's part of my being - it's part of my fabric as a person.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

The hour and a half I'm on stage is my favourite part of the day when I'm on tour because the only part I really love is the interaction with the audience.

It is amazing to sing in front of a live audience. It is incredible. The energy is awesome.

I never wanted to just press play on some DJ set and let the lights do all the work. I value old-fashioned performance a little more than that.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

It's nice to have a band that can adapt to whatever show we're in, so we can play on a big stage or a house show.

Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.

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.

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

Songs always get better after you start playing them live.

The most fun moments are being on the stage and seeing how the crowd reacts to your music. The energy of the crowd that makes you just want to go in and keep doing it and be a part of this forever.