Freya Ridings Quotes

It's been too many years since I've played live as myself as opposed to in a fake band for a film.

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.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

I accepted an offer to do a concert for the reopening of the Mall of Memphis.

Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.

When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage.

I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.

I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.

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

I really feel that a concert is a place where you can bring up topics, and you can actually discuss them and feel them and have a great time.

Plays have a celebratory nature that no other form has. Theater always meant celebration, a birthday, a reward for good grades. I felt at home in a theater. I loved being part of an audience. All the rules - the audience has to see the play on a certain date at a certain time in a certain place in a certain seat.

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs, it's a surreal moment for me.

It's always been about the live show for us. We're having Halloween onstage every night.

When I'm singing, I can see so many people, and I can see their response and everything. And being somewhere like the Hollywood Bowl, I'm seeing those immediate people in front of me, but other than that, it's just dots, and I'm just imagining who's out there and imagining their responses.

The first time I stepped on stage and I started singing, I knew that I wanted to do it for the rest of my life.

Things were never as exciting for me as the first gig in New York.

I'm always going to need to play in front of people.

To hear my songs at parties is really amazing.

Great theater continues to bind us, one to the other, and most of us will travel far and wide to see a good story told well.

Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers of joy, of ecstasy.

I love karaoke and totally hog the mic when I go out and do it with my friends.

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.

Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre.