Eric B. Quotes

The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

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

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

I'm in a band, I sing live.

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

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

A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.

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

If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.

When I get back with band, the lights, and the whole production, that's me with the full artillery. A quick radio performance keeps me sharp for the big show.

I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.

Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience.

The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform.

I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

The key to being a great band that lasts is always going to be making sure you write really good songs and put on really good shows.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

A record can make an artist sound in tune or make the music sound pretty. But the real test is performing live, and I think we pass fairly well, because people keep asking to see us play.

When we're on tour, we try to keep our voices sharp. We get up there and put on the best show we can.

Studio work is very methodical, while live concerts must be very spontaneous.

I'm not a DJ. I play live and think we put on a show. That's it.

The way I do that is to keep coming up with good songs and when I do a concert, I make sure I give a good performance. It's not rocket science.

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna do if I don't have something I can dance to?

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.