Billy Squier Quotes

I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing.

I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite describe what it feels like when you're standing in front of a forty piece orchestra, and there's nothing between you and an audience but a microphone. It's like strapping yourself to a locomotive, and I love it.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do.

I feel rejuvenated every time I perform on stage.

I had to sing 'Snowbird' a lot. But I never tired of it, ever.

There's a joy I think people feel from... my performance.

When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.

I've looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I'm in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.

Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.

I feel like something I've wanted to do for a really long time, in a feature film or anything, is playing a rocker. Somewhere where I can be on a stage and have a guitar or a microphone and just kind of jam out.

When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

The thing that fuels me the most is the desire to be on stage. And singing is the ultimate way of expressing all the emotions that I have inside.

It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don't think of it as work. It's just so much fun.

Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.

Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.

I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and I don't do it to seek anybody's approval, necessarily. Obviously, you go on stage, and you enjoy it when people respond to a particular song, but the overall concept of playing music I do for myself.

For years, I was stuck behind a keyboard rig. When I started playing guitar onstage, it was a bit of a release - not to be stuck in one spot the whole night. It's really enjoyable having the freedom to move around. You just have to remember to end up somewhere near a microphone.

The best thrill is standing on stage and playing - other than being married to my wife.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.