--- title: "12 Live Quotes By John Popper" description: "12 Live quotes by John Popper. Plus more from John Popper and more Live sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/john-popper-4917_about_h-o-r-d-e-is-all-about-live-music-431357_431357.jpg" --- > [H.O.R.D.E. is all about live music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/h-o-r-d-e-is-all-about-live-music/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/john-popper-4917_about_h-o-r-d-e-is-all-about-live-music-431357_431357.jpg) > [We're great live players.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/we-re-great-live-players/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/john-popper-4917_great_we-re-great-live-players-2392355_2392355.jpg) > [Live music is the future of rock n' roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/live-music-is-the-future-of-rock-n-roll/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/john-popper-4917_future_live-music-is-the-future-of-rock-n-roll_2229931.jpg) > [A song like 'Once You Wake Up,' is about that realization... about finally wanting to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/a-song-like-once-you-wake-up-is-about-that-realization-about-finally/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/john-popper-4917_live_a-song-like-once-you-wake-up-is-about-th_2597625.jpg) > [Ultimately, musicians make their money in live concerts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/ultimately-musicians-make-their-money-in-live-concerts/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/john-popper-4917_concerts_ultimately-musicians-make-their-money-in_1480252.jpg) > [We're all in a social contract. Whether we like it or not, we live in each others' good graces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/we-re-all-in-a-social-contract-whether-we-like-it-or-not-we-live-in/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/john-popper-4917_contract_we-re-all-in-a-social-contract-whether-w_2162615.jpg) > [I can't live the way I used to. It will be really cool if some day I could eat a hot fudge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-can-t-live-the-way-i-used-to-it-will-be-really-cool-if-some-day-i/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/john-popper-4917_cool_i-can-t-live-the-way-i-used-to-it-will-b_1058910.jpg) > [The idea is that we're always going to have a good live show, and we love to pay our music and write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/the-idea-is-that-we-re-always-going-to-have-a-good-live-show-and-we/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/john-popper-4917_good_the-idea-is-that-we-re-always-going-to-h_90030.jpg) > [Look at bands like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers - they represented something real because they could kick live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/look-at-bands-like-the-grateful-dead-and-the-allman-brothers-they/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fc/john-popper-4917_bands_look-at-bands-like-the-grateful-dead-and_2287836.jpg) > [We let people tape our shows and share those tapes because we felt our live performances were for the people. We took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/we-let-people-tape-our-shows-and-share-those-tapes-because-we-felt/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/john-popper-4917_attitude_we-let-people-tape-our-shows-and-share-t_1263981.jpg) > [If there's a common thread running through all the H.O.R.D.E. bands, it's the emphasis on live improvisational music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/if-there-s-a-common-thread-running-through-all-the-h-o-r-d-e-bands-it/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38e/john-popper-4917_bands_if-there-s-a-common-thread-running-throu_1826540.jpg) > [I grew up watching 'Saturday Night Live' and those comedians - that's really even what got me into music was The Blues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-grew-up-watching-saturday-night-live-and-those-comedians-that-s/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/john-popper-4917_blues_i-grew-up-watching-saturday-night-live-a_3055898.jpg) ## Other authors on Live ## More by John Popper > [When you're at a concert and you hear someone improvise well, that's special; it puts you in the moment and takes you someplace. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/when-you-re-at-a-concert-and-you-hear-someone-improvise-well-that-s/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [You know, technology caught up with precisely what was wrong with the way that I used food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/you-know-technology-caught-up-with-precisely-what-was-wrong-with-the/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [The idea is that we're always going to have a good live show, and we love to pay our music and write well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/the-idea-is-that-we-re-always-going-to-have-a-good-live-show-and-we/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [If you're going to be creative, you ultimately have to be in different ways because if you're going to be in the same ways,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/if-you-re-going-to-be-creative-you-ultimately-have-to-be-in-different/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [You know, Blues Traveler is its own thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/you-know-blues-traveler-is-its-own-thing/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [Throughout history, musicians have never counted on intellectual property really getting them rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/throughout-history-musicians-have-never-counted-on-intellectual/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [For those of us who have had the good fortune of a career in music, we feel an obligation to speak out for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/for-those-of-us-who-have-had-the-good-fortune-of-a-career-in-music-we/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [Working with Secondhand Serenade, I just felt like a songwriter, you know, working with another songwriter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/working-with-secondhand-serenade-i-just-felt-like-a-songwriter-you/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [You have a right to love firearms. And you also have a right to hate them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/you-have-a-right-to-love-firearms-and-you-also-have-a-right-to-hate/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [There are plenty of very different sounding bands that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/there-are-plenty-of-very-different-sounding-bands-that-could-be-h-o-r/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [We don't sound like a Mississippi Delta band, but we play what we mean, and that's the spirit of the blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/we-don-t-sound-like-a-mississippi-delta-band-but-we-play-what-we-mean/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [Yeah, some people said I tried to rip off Cat Stevens and Stevie Wonder. Oh, well. I've always admired those guys. But for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/yeah-some-people-said-i-tried-to-rip-off-cat-stevens-and-stevie/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [I fainted in airports twice on different occasions, because I didn't get my food right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-fainted-in-airports-twice-on-different-occasions-because-i-didn-t/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [There's a certain kind of confidence that comes with being older that you can't fake when you're young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/there-s-a-certain-kind-of-confidence-that-comes-with-being-older-that/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) > [I'm just funny enough as a comedian to know I'm not good enough to be a comedian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/i-m-just-funny-enough-as-a-comedian-to-know-i-m-not-good-enough-to-be/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) 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