Lance Burton Quotes

I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

I've always wanted to do a cabaret.

I love to perform. I love live shows.

I've worked ever since I was a kid with a two-bit kit of magic tricks trying to improve my skills at entertaining whatever public I had - and to make myself ready, whenever the breaks came, to entertain a wider and more demanding public.

I love every aspect of live performance and putting our shows together and approaching it from the standpoint of, 'What would we want to see if we were a fan sitting in the audience?'

When I'm performing for 4,000, 5,000 people, it's a show. It's a rock n' roll concert.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

I grew up dancing and singing and I just love everything about that.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

I still look back at the days in the early '90s and think, 'Boy, that confidence just came out in me strong,' and it was fantastic, the drama and the entertainment I brought.

I loved all the wrestling going on in the ring - I wouldn't be into it as much if I didn't care about that - but I always had an infatuation with the performers and the entertainers.

I'd like to do 'Strictly' because you learn something.

I'm not a DJ. I play live and think we put on a show. That's it.

I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling school.

I now do my own cabaret act, singing and telling stories about my life.

Obviously we're not Kiss, but we go out there and jump around like idiots and try to have a good time and entertain people.

It's been really cool to go to places I've never been to around the country and performing for people and bringing a fun show to entertain folks.

We love the idea of really putting on a show. It's not just a band playing on the stage. There's a theatrical element to what's going on.

I think the most important thing to putting on a good show is to always mix things up. Sometimes we wear makeup; other times we don't. The point is, you'll never get the same Avenged show twice. I think it's really important to be theatrical. I mean, look at Iron Maiden!

There is really nothing like seeing a live stage performance.

My dream job growing up was always to be an artist. It wasn't even that I would be a rapper or singer; I just knew I would be a public figure.

My favorite aspect of music is the performance part!

I was a good dancer from my school days, and that's why I entered reality shows.

When I started doing makeup, I had no intention of doing drag.