Chris Jericho Quotes

I can usually get the right connection with the crowd and I don't have to be jumping off ladders.

It's so special to meet people after the show, getting that connection during the actual concert. It creates a stronger bond.

I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a good interview. No one has to tell you. You know it. You feel it. You can feel the air. You can feel everything about it when it's a good show. And you know when you've messed up.

There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.

People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.

It's a little like casting out hundreds of fishing lines into the audience. You start getting little bites, then more, then you hook a few, then more. Then you can start reeling them in and that's a loveliest feeling - the whole audience laughing with you.

Singing well has always been important to me, but the most important factor is the connection to the audience.

I don't know if I ever really considered making a connection with the audience.

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.

There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.

I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.

Some artists I know, they would rather not see the audience or envision them. But for me, I'd rather see them. I feel like part of the reason I perform is to feel that connection. It's the reason I love it so much.

There's the human side of people who are in public life that connects people. Whether it's favorable or unfavorable, it gives them some connection with the person who's onstage, and I think those connections are edifying.

I have to have the 'umph.' I've got to feel it, because if it's not getting through to me, the audience sure as hell aren't going to feel it either.

For me, a good show is not a perfect show; it's just one where you connected. It's a show where the fans got to know you, and they realize that you're human, but they also think you're a star and that you're talented and all that good stuff.

When it comes to being on stage, I might be on stage one minute and the next minute I might be in the audience, dancing and lifting people's spirits.

It doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler in the world and can do every move perfectly; if you don't connect with the crowd or sell well or have good promos, nobody cares.

I love doing the in-ring promos more than doing the backstage promos because I love being able to interact with the crowd.

The greatest thing in the world as an actor or an artist to connect.

I remember feeling the energy of people. That stuck with me. Understanding that I could stand behind a mic and captivate people. I was always obsessed with that.

Fans love me because I connect with them. No other superstar can do that.