Bill Medley Quotes

I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.

I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That's why they aren't sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. It's such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too.

The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

The thing that I love most about being on stage is making people happy...It's my job to do that, and I enjoy it.

I find a lot of joy just going out and playing for people.

I love playing the songs that people love because it makes them happy.

We keep trying to get better - constantly working at it. We love to tour. I love to play in front of people. You sit there, and everybody's smiling, and you're smiling. It's a good time.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

When I get on stage, my first goal is not to show my expertise, but on the contrary, to give a bit of happiness, of joy, of cheerfulness. I am firmly convinced that in order to sing well, you must love your neighbor and be passionate about life.

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.

The people who were in college in the '50s were my first real audience, and their kids, the people who found my records in the cabinet during their 'Mad 'magazine years picked me up also.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.

Well, I'm never happier than when I'm acting.

It's nice to have been around long enough to be a part of people's lives. A lot of people who come to my show are real nostalgic for the '80s.

I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub.

I love performing in front of an audience and seeing smiles on the kids' faces.

When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts.

The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.

I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.

Everyone enjoys music and film. It just makes people happy or makes them feel things. We're not saving peoples' lives, but if we are entertaining them, that's as much as I can contribute in this life.