Prince Philip Quotes

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

I love Coldplay. The lights, and the sound quality They really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they'll make a mistake and stop. I think they do it intentionally just to show you they're really playing it live.

I love doing concert music.

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.

I've watched so-called 'New Order' playing in Auckland, and Tom Chapman is miming along to my bass on tape... He's got his fingers on the low, and you can hear my high bass in the background. So he's miming.

I like people writing great songs on guitar or piano or what have you. I miss people getting on stage with real bands and real instruments and expressing themselves that way instead of with computers and technology.

For a rock band, I didn't see the point in live albums. To my mind, you've got to be there.

I find that if I interact more, the crowd gets way more into the music. We also have a full live show happening, and I have lighting crew that travels around with me. We've got this Infinity Prism thing, which is lots of fun. It's an optical illusion device that we carry around.

I still love playing live, and I love doing records, but writing songs is my main thing.

To me, there is nothing like the excitement and unique experience of a live orchestra playing.

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.

The first concert I ever went to was the Bee Gees.

I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show.

There was one incident where we couldn't hear ourselves, so we were singing in an entirely different key than the instruments. It gets so loud at a Jonas Brothers concert!

I like bringing keyboards and stuff on stage.

I'm a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can't lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment.

It's always been my dream to be on the stage with my band, singing my music. That's always been, and always will be.

I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show.

I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.

To go see a band in a big venue is a difficult experience. I don't really like that too much. I'm not a guy who puts on iTunes and goes, "Oh, what's hot!" I don't need to.

I just think you shouldn't expect people to pay money to see someone sing live and then lip-synch.

I really love performing with an orchestra and am very excited to do so with the Kalamazoo Symphony.