Steven Van Zandt Quotes

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.

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

There's nothing better about being a musician than live performing.

With Dream Theater live, I may have been a bit of a focal point because I absolutely live for the energy on stage, and having interaction with the audience is absolutely crucial to me - regardless of how some others have described it!

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.

I learned from watching Florida Georgia Line every night. The energy that they possess on stage, that's something that I wanted in my show.

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 can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the encore. We wanted to make a show that kept on developing, that was interesting, so we tried to do that with our live shows.

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

Performing music live, there's a certain magic to it.

Full live performances are always my favorites, and I think a lot of people's favorites too, just because you can feel the energy off the crowd and there's so much more interaction, and just everything overall is just like very hype.

Every show I play, 10 or 10,000 people, I want it to be the same one.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

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

You've got to be like a fan at your show, just wild out. I make eye contact. I get in the crowd and kick it with 'em, stage dive, mosh. I make 'em laugh. I go out there and turn up, have fun. There's no set list; I don't have rehearsals.

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it makes you play differently. It's so much more fun to play because there's so much more high energy in a place like that.

Anything you can do to get more people to come to your live shows is good, because that's where you can really do what you do. Everyone's on the same page, and you don't have to win strangers over as much.

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.