Randy Owen Quotes

I started out as a pianist and singer in gay and piano bars - they were the only places I could get a job singing show tunes.

I used to do covers gigs that would be 90 minutes, with a 30 minute break, then another 90.

We've had the good fortune of performing to live music a few times in our career and it always creates a different dynamic.

Older people generally appreciate live music.

It's easy to get people to sing along to cover songs, but when it's your song, it's the coolest.

When I go to a live show, I want to be moved. That's why you do it. And it's not very often that a band will move you live.

I'm always excited to see the reaction of the crowd when I'm playing a new song.

When I'm playing, I play what I want, but I make sure that the crowd is going to love it at the same time. It's like a balancing act, a mix of two, a perfect circle... if you do it right.

I think acoustic performances and full, live performances are always cool in different ways.

I remember, when I was very young and going to the Fillmore East and watching three of my favorite bands in one night, I'd want a hit. I want to hear the songs that brought them to that pinnacle of success.

My standing gig in college was playing the El Chico patio on Murfreesboro Road. I got $100, tips, and free quesadillas.

I prefer playing with a band. It's good to do both, but for me it's quite exciting when I hear my songs completely transformed with the band behind me. You can really get into it more, and so can the audience.

I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?

I would describe our concerts as pretty intense.

Live music is where you get the inspiration and the creativity.

We always mess around with riffs and stuff and kind of jam out during sound checks, but we never actually started playing covers live until we started goofing off a little bit more on stage.

Typically in Korea when I perform I have a full band, a ten-piece band, and that's a completely different monster in itself to prepare and rehearse.

Showbiz works well when you give the audience what they want.

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

I play for the audience's pleasure. What I expect from them is not important; it's what they expect from me.

The power of live music is vast. Live music is a wonderful way to spend some time.

When I'm singing my songs on stage, I feel like I'm doing a rock show, even though I don't think all my music is particularly straight up rock.

I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

What I always expect to deliver to my audience is a very entertaining evening of singing and playing.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.