Aldous Harding Quotes

Elektra has no control over the live show, at least.

I will walk out on a scene if it's all lit and ready to go but it's not happening.

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.

The audience, the place you're in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.

Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning. That's not how acting works. You can do anything to me as an actor; I'm a very resilient guy. Just don't rush me. If you ask me to do it immediately with no time to prepare, I know you have contempt for actors.

I don't really like doing big stand-up. Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up. I've seen people in theaters, and it just doesn't work, because you're talking to the guy next to you the whole time.

Every show is a mess at its first preview. No one's had enough time to rehearse in costumes, traffic patterns backstage haven't been worked out, machinery weighing thousands of pounds is being operated for the first time. And, also, it's the first time all the material you've written is before the public.

I prefer that for my own satisfaction over radio, there's no audience. TV, there's no audience. I need the response of the audience, even if it's a silent response.

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.

We seem to do better in the studio than we do in a live environment.

My first-ever date on my first tour, the sound completely cut out. So I had to go on and just shout loudly to the audience.

I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong.

I really love the festival circuit.

It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.

I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.

Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect!

I'm kind of a feel player. I'll stretch out before a show a bit and do some playing, but that's about it. I'm not one of these 10-hour-a-day playing guys.

I don't ever want to play a festival again, period.

What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd.

I love performing live and engaging with my fans on-ground.

When it's my show, I know that everybody is there to see me - but I like a challenge, and I like the fact that at festivals, not everybody is there to see me, but I have the chance to convert people.

I practise about three to four hours a day and I will play one night a week, or at the weekend in a competition.

When it's my show, I know that everybody is there to see me - but I like a challenge, and I like the fact that at festivals not everybody is there to see me, but I have the chance to convert people.