I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.
It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real.
Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows.
It is amazing to sing in front of a live audience. It is incredible. The energy is awesome.
Playing in front of an audience was just such a turn-on for me, and you have 200 people in the audience and it's like doing live theater. And filming something that goes to millions of people several weeks later, it's an interesting dynamic.
Performing live is not my favourite. I am more of a recording person; I prefer to be private. I didn't mind doing videos, even if they came very close with the camera. I can take that, but walking on stage in concert and singing live, that is a bit difficult.
There's something about the rawness of the live thing, there's no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear the people playing at that moment. It's exciting, it's about the performance.
I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the encore. We wanted to make a show that kept on developing, that was interesting, so we tried to do that with our live shows.
If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.