Cliff Richard Quotes

Performing live is a part of who I am.

You learn fast from others how to be an entertainer as well as a musician; you don't necessarily have to get out there and just play - you can be an entertainer, too.

The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment.

I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.

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

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

I believe in entertaining the audiences with whatever I do.

I try and put on a show for the crowd and make sure they enjoy it.

I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I've enjoyed watching.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.