Jerry Lawler Quotes

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.

Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there.

It's always exciting to see different cities I love, and go on tour buses. It's so much fun to travel. My favorite part is being able to perform live in front of all these amazing people; being able to connect with them and seeing their reaction makes me feel very special.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really well, it makes you feel great. TV is a bit more difficult; there are more factors that can screw it up along the way.

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

I want to do stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, 'There's nothing like live theater, blah blah,' but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.

I just love playing live.

I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.

I love playing arenas; it's the best thing.

The Smith Center is a theater where you want to keep the lights on. The acoustics are amazing, and this is a stage that was built for sound.

Being on stage at the Soho Theatre is hard to beat.

No matter what town we went to, if there was a comedian playing, I'd go watch.

I love playing live, and doing big TV shows are exciting.

Sometimes heckling can almost help a set, because it ratchets up the tension in the room... can even bring things to a climax.

A live show is something that can never ever be duplicated on a computer.

People paid money for tickets to see us and be entertained by us, and we've never forgotten that. Anything after that was a bonus.

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

I've always loved to play live.

Playing in front of a bigger crowd is such a fun feeling, and getting to play to more kids is always better.

Most musicals are real crowd pleasers.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.