Dan Smith Quotes

Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special effects overkill. She leaves little space in them for emotional depth or unscripted rapport with the audience.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

My favorite song to play is 'Smokin' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live.

That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends.

'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.

I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does.

I was actually in a Take That tribute band.

If people want to write long, rambling, pathetic articles about how sad they are about song titles, have a blast! I'll be out playing music to a room full of people, having a great time.

There is nothing like hearing people sing your single back to you during a show.

The tour is like our bread and butter. You don't really get to experience the band unless you see us live.

We have always been a touring band, and we love playing live.

When I am composing in a studio, I cannot gauge what the audience feels. Sometimes, good songs don't get the recognition because the films fail. But when you are performing live, the reaction is immediate.

We'll go out and we'll be playing in front of 15,000 people and say, 'Hey, we're going to do three new songs from something we just recorded' and 5,000 people get up and go get a hot dog and a beer and they don't come back until they hear the opening strings of 'The Joker' or 'Fly Like an Eagle.'

To see fans singing our songs and loving them and dancing or crying to some of them, it feels like the first time you ever played it. It really gets to you, like day one.

We love the idea of really putting on a show. It's not just a band playing on the stage. There's a theatrical element to what's going on.

Performing live has been one of the most important opportunities I've been given, and I am lucky to share my music with so many of my amazing, loyal, and diverse fans.

I think live stuff is certainly stuff I enjoy doing. I do like performing for people and bringing it to people.

You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they could come for the gay and stay for the musicianship. It's a live show; there's some rock stuff, too. Some rock and roll. Get ready.

When I became a 'rock musician,' I assumed pop music was easy to write and that interesting rock music, or alternative music, was hard. It was only later I realised that writing a pop song is the hardest thing musically.

When people come to see me, they'll see what they know me for. Hits from the past, but I always mix in a little something new. New stuff. Old stuff. It creates a great show. There's a lot of crowd participation. A lot of interaction and energy. That's what I do best.

Out of all our Twice songs in general, I really like 'TT.' It's really fun to perform with fans.

When I sing a set, people will say, 'I love 'Mayday.' People just love 'Mayday' so much. I love it too.

When we perform music at TV shows, we always try to do something that's not scripted because anything that's a surprise for the audience and the crew and the other performers, it works better on camera and for the people back home, too.

I spent thousands of thousands of hours playing the piano, and by thousands of hours, I mean playing in cover bands or wedding bands or disco bands or original bands or playing cabaret for Todd McKenney.

Content is what's super important and people want to see you performing your records. That has a stronger impact.