Music Thrill Quotes

I don't go to record stores to look at my albums, but it's always a thrill to see them.

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

When you get the rush of live performing, it's hard to give that up.

When you have had the high of being on stage, especially in a band like ourselves, I can't help but search for that buzz.

The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.

Seeing Rush the first time was huge for me. That was my favorite band and I couldn't believe they were actually in the same building as me. I was totally freaking out when the show started and when they started to play it was almost like cartoon characters coming to life. I couldn't get my head around the fact that it was really them.

I love recording and I love everything - videos, everything like that - but playing live is what does it for me.

Every single time I perform 'River,' I just feel a huge rush of adrenaline and energy, and I remember writing it.

The most fun moments are being on the stage and seeing how the crowd reacts to your music. The energy of the crowd that makes you just want to go in and keep doing it and be a part of this forever.

The Who always play 'I Can't Explain'; and we'll always play 'Wonderwall'. People ask us if we get bored of it. You can't get bored of 15,000 people shouting for 'Wonderwall'. That's better than drugs. You get a hard-on when you hear that.

It's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics.

When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

You know, once you've had that guitar up so loud on the stage, where you can lean back and volume will stop you from falling backward, that's a hard drug to kick.

There's nothing - nothing - like the magic of playing music.

There's nothing better than making music and hearing 3,000 people chant, 'Afrojack! Afrojack!'

By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.

I can understand why rock stars are rock stars and why they play in front of people because the buzz that you get is insane. It's probably the same as when you do something on stage and you work off the audience. The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.

Music makes me high on stage, and that's the truth. It's like being almost addicted to music.

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.

Three thousand people singing back your songs is an incredible feeling.

My favorite moments are when the bass falls in the pocket with the drums, the guitar is on top just slicing it, and the melody is scraping across like a sidewinder shattering through the monitor. It's just, ahhh, I love it! That's the jones, the hit, the buzz right there. It gets me off.