Lukas Forchhammer Quotes

Most of my act is improvisation. I'm inspired for the moment. Standing there in front of 2,000 or 3,000 people you don't know can be pretty inspiring.

The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage.

When I'm performing music, it's like I'm doing a big improv.

I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at.

I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure.

I used to have costumed characters come out, like SpongeBob. It's just fun to make it into this minor event, just to surprise people and experiment and be weird and just have fun with it. I've done just the hour stand-up, and that's fun, but the other stuff makes it fun for me and gives me something to react to and bounce off of.

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.

If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something.

I fly around with chicks on each arm and have no script. I just talk about what I feel like. But that's why my act works: I'm like this normal guy.

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

One of my favorite things is when people will ask for a song that I hadn't planned to play. It is really fun to see if you can remember something, and you don't always. I mean, sometimes it's just crash and burn.

A lot of times you go to a concert, and when you leave, you don't know anything more about the act then when you got there.

It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and you have to make it up as you go along.

People don't come to my concerts because they know the program. They come because they love the atmosphere and because they know that when I offer them a program it will be a night they never forget.

All theater is unpredictable. That's the definition of theater.

I don't think we've ever known what the hell's going on when we do Tap shows. It's possible the audience are effectively getting to see more of the movie when we play. You know, they know the songs, so anything we do onstage, whether we're meaning to or not, is an extension of the film. Other than that, I wouldn't understand what's going on.

The best thing that I bring in my live show is that it's not scripted. It's more of a conversation with my audience. And that's what people like about the show - it's very real. There are mistakes and laughter.

I don't like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.

So I usually call the songs when I get on the stage, according to what the crowd feels like to me. I can jump from 50 years ago to right up to now, and people will be familiar with the songs. And since we never do them the same way, it's a new experience.

Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it.

When you see a band, you want to see characters.

A magic show and a concert are very similar in the way I like keeping things a mystery and not doing them the same way every time. The listener and the audience never know what's going to happen next.

When it's a live performance, anything can happen.

The main thing with my shows is that I'm professional but not highly polished. I don't like people to think they're just seeing an album in person.

The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new.