Keith Jarrett Quotes

Once I'm on stage, the energy of the crowd wipes my nerves away.

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.

It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else.

I still get thrilled by the energy that is a live performance, the fear and the panic and the electricity that happens on the night. I think jolting myself every once in a while with that fear is a good thing for me.

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

I'm not the first one to say it, but that time onstage is a heightened sense of present tense.

On camera, the audience can see your eyes close up - they can see behind your eyes - and when you're on stage, you need to make sure that the person sitting in the back row can feel what's happening behind your eyes, even if they can't see them. Having a live audience is exhilarating and exciting all on its own, but you know, it is quite different.

Performing in front of an audience gives you an extra ten per cent energy and the chance to react to the instant feedback.

It is amazing to sing in front of a live audience. It is incredible. The energy is awesome.

I stand on stage hoping to give good energy to the audience, but if I cannot give good energy anymore, I will have to leave right away.

The adrenaline of performing live in front of an audience is a feeling that's hard to replicate.

With Dream Theater live, I may have been a bit of a focal point because I absolutely live for the energy on stage, and having interaction with the audience is absolutely crucial to me - regardless of how some others have described it!

Live performance is everything. First of all, I have terrible stage fright. But beyond that, once the music starts, it's OK.

It's hard not to be affected by the live audience.

What I love about the theater is that you know who you're acting for: your audience. And the thing I find really hard in film is, you don't. The audience is invisible. And we're sitting there, hoping there's other people out there.

There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to entertain them, touch them in some way.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

I am so used to being up on stage and talking to my fans that it's strange to be on stage and be someone else. I can't look at the audience during 'In the Heights' or I will start talking to them.