John Hodgman Quotes

You kind of have to become a song so to speak and we wanted to make sure that Tom did them with the best abilities he had and captured all that what the song is all about.

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

I saw Tina Turner do 'Proud Mary' on TV, and it was so electrifying and such a unique experience. I remember crying out of excitement, and I knew that I wanted to be a performer and make people feel excited and moved, and that's why I gravitated towards it.

On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do.

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is.

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly.

All I ever wanted was to perform, make music, make videos.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

It's one thing to turn up and jump around stage and give people a good time - that's obviously a big part of this - but I'll always get deeper than that as an artist.

I don't miss television. It's too much hurry up and sit around, wait till they do this and do that, and get the lighting just right. I'd much rather go out on a stage anywhere and just play and sing for an hour.

I'm really impressed every time Kanye comes to perform at 'SNL' because he finds a new way to make that space work for him.

I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?

It's awesome to play 1 1/2 -hour shows because it's so much fun, and we enjoy every single minute of it.

When I'm doing a set as an artist I'm right in front of the stage the entire time, interacting with the crowd. The DJ set's a little different but they both are great and high energy for the crowd.

You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they could come for the gay and stay for the musicianship. It's a live show; there's some rock stuff, too. Some rock and roll. Get ready.

When people come to see me, they'll see what they know me for. Hits from the past, but I always mix in a little something new. New stuff. Old stuff. It creates a great show. There's a lot of crowd participation. A lot of interaction and energy. That's what I do best.

We are musicians, entertainers. We can do it. We have the right tools. No worries.

I would say, you can never do enough gigs and you can never do enough songs. Make sure that every opportunity you can, play a show and every opportunity you can, write a song.

I don't like karaoke very much. I like being around it, but I don't like singing it. If I had to sing a karaoke song, it's usually "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield.

Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!

I'd like to be a song and dance man.

I love performing live: it's my very favorite thing to do.

It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.

I like sitting in the dark and watching people far more talented than I'll ever be sing my songs and say my words. It's thrilling.