Roger Taylor Quotes

It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

With great artists like Elvis, sometimes the songs weren't the greatest thing about him. When I tried to perform some of the songs, I noticed some of the tunes weren't all that brilliant, but it was the performance that sold them.

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.

I feel like I am a true entertainer and performer.

The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists.

I'm a live performer, through and through. That's when I really get to shine.

I'm more than just the face at the front of a band.

I want to be like Chris Brown meets Jay Z. Chris is a singer, a dancer, a complete powerhouse on stage and Jay Z is not just a popular musician, but also a lyrical genius, a business mogul, who knows how to be classy.

Real entertainers love to entertain.

I have been giving live performances since childhood, and I continue to do so professionally.

It doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler in the world and can do every move perfectly; if you don't connect with the crowd or sell well or have good promos, nobody cares.

Performing has always been a natural part of me.

I'm really articulate when I do my thing - when I speak on the mic, when I do interviews. I'm a colorful personality.

I'm a hardcore performer. The rest follows.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

I remember feeling the energy of people. That stuck with me. Understanding that I could stand behind a mic and captivate people. I was always obsessed with that.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

I feel like I'm an entertainer.

Really, each part, each one of us, I think, has our role, but I think for Joe, he really stands out and has that Mick Jagger-esque feel to him.

I'm very lucky that I can walk on the stage before anyone in the world. And that's the thing: you've got to be pretty confident to go on after me. You've got to have the artillery, as I call it. And the artillery is your songs.

I'm the performer of the group. My thing is like, every time I come on stage, I always bring it 120 percent, 150 percent.

The X Factor is something that's real. Once you find that X Factor, it's undeniable. No matter what the critics say about our band, we obviously have the X Factor. Redfoo has got the X Factor.

I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.

It has been my experience that the greatest performers in the genre of sports-entertainment are usually natural extensions of their own, true personality.