Band Quote by Bryce Dessner

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

— Ian Gillan

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested…

— Bruce Springsteen

We're a live band. It's what we do best.

— Butch Trucks

People have been introduced to our band in so many ways. Whether we were playing at their college or we were the record that…

— Ed Robertson

The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach…

— Bruce Springsteen

You definitely get more of a band feel to a song if you've been playing a song live a bunch.

— John Britt Daniel

I'd become very involved in the production, so the albums were taking longer. So it was never a deliberate decision not to do live…

— Kate Bush

We're a live band. Some bands write their songs in the studio - we don't do that. We're playing songs on this tour that…

— Carey Mercer

When I started out playing live, it was different. I felt good about it. Nobody knew who I was. I just opened for so-and-so.…

— Hope Sandoval

I saw how hard it was for even really talented bands to reach an audience.

— Tom Anderson

The thing is that honestly we haven't had an audience. And we have a chance to have an audience now. Which is great because…

— Jonathan Meiburg

It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and…

— Chris Daughtry