Josh Dun Quotes

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I try and put on a show for the crowd and make sure they enjoy it.

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

All I have is my performance, I try to feed in the best of everything that I could possibly do into those 90 minutes and to make a live entertainment show out of it.

I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.

I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audience in a direct way.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

I just love engaging a live audience - I love that.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

There's no such thing as standing still and just singing a song. I love jumping into the crowd. I love to dance.

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.

We enjoy playing small shows, big shows, whatever. There's the energy of the visual production, and all that stuff starts to happen, so when you see it come to life, it's pretty exciting.

I want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context.

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.

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.

I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.