America Quote by Van Morrison

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts, it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cos I was used to…

— Van Morrison

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to…

— Van Morrison

In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big…

— Cat Stevens

I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb…

— Frederic Chopin

The first time I performed on stage, that was almost the first concert I went to, so that was pretty interesting and a bit…

— Stromae

I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar…

— Bruce Springsteen

It was so strange, coming from Nashville, Tennessee, where I was playing to 15 people, to going to London and playing in this crowded…

— Caitlin Rose

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s.…

— Chubby Checker

I was never a sit-in-the-audience-type person. Even as a little kid, when I saw a band performing at a restaurant, I would ask them…

— Scarlett Bordeaux

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

— Fiona Apple

In Europe we play big concerts, but in America it's so cool to see all the people - and all the girls.

— Bill Kaulitz

There were TVs everywhere. When we weren't on stage, we were watching what America was watching and rooting for each other and our leading…

— Laura Benanti