Tony Levin Quotes

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.

I've always loved to play live.

I think we've always been better live.

Yeah, playing live for me is the essence of what we do.

Sometimes if you're in the studio for a very long time, you want to get out and play live shows and vice versa.

It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

My history is really playing live - not writing or recording.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

In the studio is one thing, but playing live is the important part, I think.

My favorite aspect of music is the performance part!

I just want to play music with a band, live.

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

Songs always get better after you start playing them live.

But live shows are cool. I just got back into the idea of enjoying it live.

I just love playing live.

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

In the studio, you can redo things. In concert, you only have one shot at it, so you have to try to be as perfect as possible.

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

It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.

I love the stage more than the studio.

I enjoyed the idea of going and playing live. My beef was always with Wings that we never played live enough.

People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you hit the road. It's also where the most fun is, the adrenaline of it every night, giving this incredibly well rehearsed charismatic version of yourself every night and people hopefully loving you.

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 was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player.