Dizzee Rascal Quotes

Playing in sold out arenas several nights a week is something I have never experience before. I want to experience that. I want to experience that in my first year and build on that.

I'm always going to need to play in front of people.

I love looking out at a sea of people. It's mind-blowing. But I also like playing clubs.

Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.

It's been amazing getting to go from city to city and perform for thousands of people. It's an amazing feeling, and the energy is crazy.

I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.

Playing in front of 25,000 people and millions more on television, and performing and doing what I worked so hard to try to accomplish was, in my opinion, the ultimate. Do I miss it? Of course I do.

As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't, I would have gotten rid of them.

If I could be a country music star, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I'd hit the road and just jam out.

I love being on stage. There's nothing better than that feeling; ever since the first time I was on stage, I was like, 'Oh, this is what it means to be fully alive and satisfied.' I don't think anything's as satisfying as a play.

When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage.

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.

Something magic happens when I get to a club or get on stage.

We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.

I like playin' for an audience the best, though, I think.

There were moments that Bobby and I would come offstage after performing in front of 20,000 people and say, 'Wow, how did that happen?' It's been a blessed life.

I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

When I was a child, I used to dream about being onstage in front of thousands of people, and it happened. It's not about the fame; it's about people being touched.

The studio is just a labor. Getting on stage is the reward.

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs, it's a surreal moment for me.

I like to compete. So, any time I get to go live - which means go all out - that's what I like to do.

It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.

My dream is to play Coachella, main stage, when the sun's going down.

Things were never as exciting for me as the first gig in New York.