Tony Iommi Quotes

When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.

There's something about being in a house with an audience, and having that immediate feedback. I started acting because of that energy; it's what feeds me on stage and informs my choices.

I love working with an audience. I love working with actual people who, you know, if they're moved, you see it. If you say something they're stunned by, you see their jaws drop. If they're amused, they laugh - that kind of reinforcement, I totally adore.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

When you can connect with a live audience and you get that immediate response it's just great.

It's hard not to be affected by the live audience.

One of the many reasons why I love stand-up so much is when you're performing, you get instant feedback. You know if stuff is working right away.

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

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

When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.

It's a different thing playing in a smaller venue where you can actually see people's faces and reactions. It's so much more intimate. You walk away with a more personal experience.

Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.

I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

It definitely feels different to perform to people who know your music. Because people's feedback is not just, 'Oh my God, that was amazing. Who are you?'

What I love about the theater is that you know who you're acting for: your audience. And the thing I find really hard in film is, you don't. The audience is invisible. And we're sitting there, hoping there's other people out there.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd. Just going out there and doing my own stuff and being in front of my own people. I love it.

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.

I liked doing live things, and with the Circus we had a live audience.

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.

When you're onstage you have a certain faith that somebody's gonna yell somethin' back. Some nights it's louder than other nights and some nights they do, and on some songs they don't. But that's the idea. I think when you begin to expect a reaction from an audience, it's a mistake.

When you are in a good theatre show, it is a wonderful and very fulfilling experience, entertaining a large audience and their showing their appreciation for your efforts.

I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.