It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.
When I was around 11, my dad took me to see Santana live, and then I got 'Sacred Fire,' and everything changed for me.
I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show.
When everything is together - the band, me, the audience, it's boss! It's just like magic.
I was 17, and a friend said, 'Man, you've got to listen to this song,' and he played 'Man to Man.' From there on, I was hooked on country. Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Clint Black. Every show that came through America West Arena, I was there.
His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen.
A concert is always like a feast day to me.
My first concert was Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey.
I like having big hooks and big records and sing-a-longs.
We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids.
I played the Holiday Motel on the circle in 1970. I know the Jersey Shore.
I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!
When we were starting out as a band in New York, we played a concert at a small club early on and asked Lady Gaga to open for us. We were big fans, and she had the same kind of approach to music as we did: not taking everything so seriously and just having fun.
I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with.
I regularly go to concerts with my children sharing the music.
The first time I went crowd surfing was heaven.
I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.
I saw Kiss on 'The Dick Clark Show' in, like, 1980 or something, and 'Kiss Alive!' was the first record of theirs I had.
Everybody wants to have a good time, especially at a concert. That's why everybody goes.
At its best, a live show is completely transcendent. The image I get is breaking through glass or shooting out into the free zone.
I've seen a lot of Pearl Jam shows, and the only reaction I've ever seen is the audience being completely supportive and loving every moment.
'Europe '72' came out right around the time that I started going to see the Dead, and it had a huge impression on me.
When I was managing Boyzone and Westlife there were screaming girls every night. If there wasn't a high-piched screaming, it was a bad gig. I got used to it.
I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?
You couldn't be performing if it weren't for the audience. I appreciate them being there. So why not applaud them? They took time out of their schedule to show up and sit in the concert hall and be part of the experience.
