Taboo Quotes

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I know that out of the thousands of people who show up, maybe nine of them will actually understand what's going on stage, music-wise. But no one should be sitting down in my concert.

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.

The energy that comes when you compel people to dance stays with you your whole career - whether you are playing to 100,000 people at Glastonbury or 1,000 kids in a club.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.

I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

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

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.

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

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

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

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event.

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

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.

What I like about playing America is you can be pretty sure you're not going to get hit with a full can of beer when you're singing and I really enjoy that!

I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.

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

Performing music live, there's a certain magic to it.

There's nothing better about being a musician than live performing.