Live performance Quote by John Cale

It's always important for us to record, so if we're not performing live, that's what we're doing.

— Dusty Hill

All we wanted to do was to make live records all available. For us, the idea is to make it all available and let…

— Ian MacKaye

Before there were any sort of 'recordings' there was performance. If we are devolved back to the Stone Age tomorrow, there will be performance.

— Todd Rundgren

But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never sound like…

— Brandi Carlile

Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I…

— Van Morrison

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

— Maggie Rogers

Every time we record, and every time we go out live, we try and beat what we've already done.

— Justin Chancellor

We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've…

— Edie Brickell

Obviously there was the idea that we could sell more records if we played live, but I guess I didn't care enough to sell…

— David Berman

You know, I'm unable to make those records where you just go in a studio and that's it. I think you can capture so…

— Jason Pierce

I couldn't imagine recording a track and not being able to perform it.

— Wretch 32

A recording of a performance is a recording of a performance. It's not the performance.

— Mark Morris