Paloma Faith Quotes

I started out in clubs, and I've always liked clubs. I like theaters because people are there for the show.

I enjoy working with shows, which appeal to a wide spectrum - from children to the adults.

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

We did 112 shows and had 112 parties.

I will continue to entertain the great British public. Because that is what I love doing.

Mainly, when I go see a show, unfortunately it's more industrial espionage than it is going to actually enjoy a show.

I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

I love playing for people.

I do not play to musicians. I play to the people.

I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.

I feel my shows are like a late-night talk show that we settle down and do every night.

I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

Y'know, you can't please all the people all the time... and last night, all those people were at my show.

I like entertaining people. I want to make big entertainment.

I see myself as an entertainer.

I work in the entertainment industry, and I like to be entertained.

And there's a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents - I mean, it's gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.

Something magic happens when I get to a club or get on stage.

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.

I like playin' for an audience the best, though, I think.

I really love playing live - it's such a gas.