Tom Scholz Quotes

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.

Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy.

I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audience in a direct way.

I think that's what is so cool about performing. When there is a show to do, you get up there and do it.

When you get the rush of live performing, it's hard to give that up.

Performing is fine.

It's hard to pinpoint highlights on tour because they're the gigs really. The whole day becomes about the show. From the time you wake up you are slowly building up to that.

I want to know that I'm gonna knock 'em dead every night.

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 have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

Every time I see a live performance of something, I'm like, 'I want to be doing that!'

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.

Over the years, I've loved being on stage with an orchestra, waving my hands around.

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.