Peter Criss Quotes

The idea of audiences becoming part of the show is, I think, where theatre is going.

I love Broadway. I love live performing. It's really spiritual when you can get to interact with people, and they actually affect how your show goes.

It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.

I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That's why we do theatre, it's because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance.

I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.

Sometimes you have to listen to other people, and see what the audiences want. That's what entertaining is about.

I think sometimes comedians and entertainers and artists, sometimes they get onstage, and it's all for what they want to do. I think you still need to do stuff for the audience. They're the ones who are making it possible.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

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

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

We like reactions - a reaction is walking out on us, a reaction is throwing tomatoes at the stage, that's a healthy psychological reaction.

I think any actor would agree that you can't replace theater. It's immediate. You have the energy of the crowd and every single night it's different.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

I can tell how I'm doing, and I can tell if the crowd is particularly dead.

The audience plays a huge part in how a piece will actually form. They really allow the performers to walk a tightrope in a way that never seems to happen in the privacy of your own four walls. I'm listening to the audience, and they're listening to me.

I don't know if I ever really considered making a connection with the audience.

I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written.

Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's why I do what I do. Other things, like recording, are satisfying, but they're not the same. I love the connection I get with the audience when I'm sitting behind that piano.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.

My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.