Gary Cherone Quotes

I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.

I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops.

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.

I was listening to the 'Song Remains The Same' version of 'Dazed And Confused' and, oh my God, that is such an amazing version live.

Oh, man, the first concert I ever went to was Boston and Sammy Hagar, and it was absolutely incredible. I was just blown away by both bands, and, once again, it was my first concert, so that made it super, super special.

I've seen the Stones play for three hours, and the crowd knew every song. It's what you want in a headline slot at a festival.

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

It's such a thrill to perform live. You never know if you're going to get hit with a bottle or a bra.

It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.

I went to a Katy Perry concert, and I experienced pure bliss for the first time in my life.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.

Bob summed it up best when he was on his knees at the end of the night saying, 'Don't trust in Guided By Voices.' You were there; was the show awful or something? I know it was sloppy, but they're not really that tight anyway, but was it embarrassing, was it sad?

I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.

I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

I was a big Who fan when I was 15, 16 years old, and I used to go watch them play at the Marquee Club in London as often as I could.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig.

There's nothing better than making music and hearing 3,000 people chant, 'Afrojack! Afrojack!'

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.