Herb Alpert Quotes

Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.

You don't really know a song until you play it live.

I think from doing so many live shows it gives you a real appreciation of being present. You don't know what's going to happen, you don't know what is around the corner.

I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now.

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

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.

It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

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

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.

I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

I love the stage - the fact that you only have one take to get it right, the interaction with the audience, and how every show is different even though you're doing the same thing.

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

I don't prepare for a live show.

Studio work is very methodical, while live concerts must be very spontaneous.

Drumming is a real part of my live show, and I like to do it because so many people aren't expecting me to go and do it.

I think there's an attitude these days that you can go straight from a studio to the stage, and it isn't really like that. But playing live was the most important thing for me at the start because whenever I recorded something, it didn't sound right; I didn't like how my voice sounded. It was just raw.

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 think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I'll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don't know how to.

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

When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.

For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not gonna be perfect - that's the thrill of it.