Dar Williams Quotes

I have so much fun on stage that I should have to pay to get in.

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.

When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession.

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it.

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.

What was important to me was entertaining the audience, and whether that meant winning, losing, singing, or whatever it was on the live show we were doing every week, which was awesome, I was game for it.

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.

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've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.

If I had my way, I'd always be onstage. But I won't always be able to be onstage.

The excitement of stepping onto a stage - there's nothing quite like it.

I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of the room. It's hard to croon and run around doing big scissor kicks while also trying to play, though. I'm still mastering that.

I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

To the audience, it's like I'm changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show's almost like a 90-minute song that I know exactly. I wrote every note, and I know exactly where everything is.

No matter what part of the business you want to be in, live performances are the most thrilling.

Entertaining and being onstage is such a rush; it's amazing... and I just hope that it can last, and last for a long time.

The excitement does not change. After 40 years in the business, I still find the show to be a magical moment - the performance anxiety, the litmus test.

I miss physically going out on stage and performing. That's the ultimate high.

If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.

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

The biggest moment in our business is when you walk through that curtain, and if you don't believe in yourself, the fans won't believe in you or invest in you, and they see that.

I like that raw energy that I get from an audience.