Mura Masa Quotes

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

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

When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing for 10 people in a 250 people capacity venue. The promoter wanted to book me because he liked my music. I played a couple of songs that made people dance. To me, that rush has always stayed the same.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!

In 2012 the best venue I played was Union Chapel in London. It's a beautiful room, the sound is exceptional, and they treated us very well.

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

The first time we performed as a duo, we had already been playing together in various situations.

The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

I did three club tours before I started playing concert halls, and the clubs were half full the first time around.

The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react.

The first time I remember going to Nashville was in 1971 back when 'Snowbird' was a hit and I performed at the Grand Ole Opry.

For a rock band, I didn't see the point in live albums. To my mind, you've got to be there.

There is nothing like the buzz of singing one of your songs during a show and hearing your fans singing with you.

I love music but I never went to a concert in my life. The first time I went to a concert I performed on a stage with Drake.

When I go to do a show, it's my time; it's all about me. You've come to see me. You haven't come to see me if you're in an armchair watching a video. It's very distracting.

Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.

I've been in front of 60,000 people. Then there are times I've been in front of less than 100. Every single show is going to be something you remember.

To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert - that feels really good.

I'd never been to a festival till I played one.

I adopted this idea whether I was going to end up making music for three people in a bar or Wembley Stadium, I was always going to do music.

The first time I performed on stage, that was almost the first concert I went to, so that was pretty interesting and a bit weird at the same time.