Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes

The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and put on really good shows.

I'm in a band, I sing live.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

Right now, I'm thinking in terms of just having a good band, man. Having a good act for the stage. Being a good performer, you know? Connected to that is future recordings, and future tunes, that kind of stuff.

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

I just love singing, songwriting and touring.

I love nothing more than to perform my songs in front of a live audience. And whatever I'm doing is driven toward finding or writing songs and putting out hit songs that drive people coming to see me live. Because, at the end of the day, that's what I enjoy the most.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for.

You don't go see Primus to see what kind of new clothing I'm wearing or what my new hairdo is. You come to see Primus for the musical experience and the visual experience. I think, anyways. Maybe I'm wrong!

Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be.

When I write the set, I try to create something that will not only be interesting for the audience, but will have a flow for the band, too, so we don't get boring.

A sold-out crowd is better than a number one. But being in the studio is better than all of that.

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

I'm hoping to work on some original songs and to keep performing in front of a crowd as much as I can.

I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

My focus was, and still is, totally on making music, getting on the road and performing live.

The only way to have longevity is to have good songs.

Record labels and producers are not looking to change you: they are looking to make a star. And what they might think is a star may not be you.

I just want to work on music and make some new stars. I'm not interested in being a star.

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

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

I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.