Cate Blanchett Quotes

I think there's this primal need to go to a show when you're a rock fan. And it's about that camaraderie and about that intangible feeling that we all get.

I've only been to one concert in my life.

When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts.

I really feel that a concert is a place where you can bring up topics, and you can actually discuss them and feel them and have a great time.

I really love going to shows where I'm sandwiched between people, and you don't know if the sweat on you is yours or the person's next to you.

Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.

I wanna go play my music in a club.

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison.

I headline concert halls for 20,000 people, but I still play smaller venues.

I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story.

I love going on tour and playing music for people.

Playing clubs is the ultimate - you see the faces; you hear the 'clicking' glasses - I love all that atmosphere and seeing people's mouths singing the words to the songs.

I think I definitely enjoy recording, but I think it's more fun to go out and perform live, because it's like instant gratification, you know? You feel the response immediately.

I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.

Live interaction with a crowd is a cathartic, spiritual kind of exchange, and it's intensified at a festival.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.

We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites.

I still enjoy performing, whether it's in front of two people or 2,000 people, but it's not fun once you leave the big show.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that.

There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.

The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one.

I love to play smaller crowds with the Rhythm Kings.

I think anyone would want to see their favorite band in a small club over a large stadium.

The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler.