Daryl Hall Quotes

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

I think live stuff is certainly stuff I enjoy doing. I do like performing for people and bringing it to people.

I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.

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.

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.

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in junior high and high school, and I just kept feeding the fire, kept wanting to pursue acting full-on.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

I didn't know I wanted to go into entertainment, but I knew I wanted to be on stage when I was about seven. I saw a play, like most kids do, at a children's theater in Cleveland, and I just saw them up there, and I thought, 'that's where I want to be.'

Of course, I love the arenas; there's a great deal of energy and excitement playing those kind of shows. But there's something that's very intimate and very special about a small venue, where you really feel like you're almost getting to know everyone in the audience.

When I was a kid and went to shows, my favorites were Live Events. You really see a performer's personality on Live Events than on TV.

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.

The thing about doing gigs is you make music, and then it is gone and that is being watched by thousands of people.

I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world.

Every time I go out on a stage I consider myself very lucky. Because, in a time where people are economically thinking about what to go and see - so, when I am on a stage, and it doesn't matter where I am, that's my favorite show. I come home after and say "That was my favorite show".

Sometimes you really rely on the audience to have a good time playing live, and sometimes you could have zero people or a thousand, and you'd feel exactly the same.

Playing new songs at festivals is weird, obviously. People at festivals are always a bit drunk, and probably just want to hear stuff they know by bands they love, or are checking you out and don't know your stuff very well.

I think a show is more of an interacting with fans than you just singing songs.

Every night on stage it gets more and more comfortable. I think it really shows in the performances and just being able to revel in it and do it and live the dream I've thought about for so long.

When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.

The really cool thing about festivals is that you're getting to play in front of a whole lot of people who have never heard of us before. That's exciting. At the same time, it's a little bit of a challenge to capture the attention of people who have already seen a lot of bands.