Gig Quotes

• Five years after Aerosmith got back together, I realized how fragile we are as humans. There was a time I thought we were bulletproof, but then things happened and I came to the realization that I had to play every gig as if it was my last show. You have to start thinking that way, because you never know what's going to happen next.

  

  Joe Perry Aerosmith
  • Together
  • Gig
  • Last Show

• For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.

  

  Ed Harris
  • Done
  • Show
  • Gig

• You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're just going to the 7-Eleven store on a Tuesday night.

  

  Joe Bonamassa Black Country Communion
  • Like
  • Just
  • Going

• You hear about bands who say, "We did one show where only 20 people showed up", well that was our average gig for five years.

  

  Dexter Holland The Offspring
  • Show
  • Bands
  • Gig

• When we started this band, we always concentrated on the songs. If we had five good songs together, we wouldn't just slap four more 'okay' ones together just so we could go out and play. That's why we spent so much time in that spoon factory in Sheffield before we went out to play. We did that first gig only because Steve was so pissed off and threatening to quit if we didn't go and play a gig. But there was always that feeling there - that we have to do it right. Or we don't do it at all.

  

  Rick Savage Def Leppard
  • Play
  • Band
  • Songs

• Playing in the Neurotic Outsiders with John Taylor was great. A lot of pussy every time we played a gig. So many chicks. It was, like, 'Wow, John, really? So this is what it was like, huh?' And there would be like a couple guys with mohawks and a guy with, like, a jean jacket coming in to see me and Jonesy!

  

  Duff McKagan Guns N' Roses
  • Playing
  • Guys
  • Gig

• The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I won't name the name of the club. We got hired in there to play, and the owner was pretty annoying. He kept coming up to me during the show and asking me to play 'Purple Rain.'

  

  Jason Aldean
  • Up
  • Pretty
  • Running

• Now that the fair is moving on and the Puppets are off to the next gig, I wanted to thank everyone for the nice wishes, both from the social media and from those of you I saw in person Thursday night.

  

  Derrick Bostrom Meat Puppets
  • Thank
  • Gig
  • Meat Puppets

• When you play a gig in Poland or Australia, or you play a gig in Toledo, they all clap at the same parts of the show. They're clapping for the solos in the exact same way.

  

  Joe Bonamassa Black Country Communion
  • Australia
  • Parts
  • Exact

• I drink loads of water, so I'm always nipping off for a piss when we're doing a gig.

  

  Phil Collen Def Leppard
  • Drink
  • Gig
  • Nipping Off

• My first gig with Metallica was at San Quentin State Penitentiary.

  

  Robert Trujillo Metallica
  • First
  • Metallica
  • Gig

• I saw my first gig here actually (Festival Hall in Brisbane) Duran Duran.

  

  Bernard Fanning
  • Gig
  • Duran Duran

• With every gig we have to prove ourselves better than the night before.

  

  Ronnie Wood The Rolling Stones
  • Prove
  • Ourselves
  • Gig

• The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.

  

  Winston Marshall Mumford & Sons
  • Enjoy
  • Quit
  • Gig

• The truly incredible thing is were realizing that you can perform a two-and-a-half-hour gig without being high and still have a fantastic time.

  

  Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac
  • Perform
  • Gig
  • Fantastic Time

• My mother and father definitely encouraged me. People used to tell my mom that I should be in commercials, and then everything kicked off from there, and my first gig was some print work.

  

  Raven Goodwin
  • Father
  • Definitely
  • Encouraged

• When I'm home, I practice four or five hours a day...I warm up for an hour before a gig.

  

  Art Farmer
  • Practice
  • Hours
  • Gig

• I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

  

  Nigel Kennedy
  • Play
  • Enjoy
  • Gig

• My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set, and it was at Saint Martins College of Art in 1975. We were opening up for a band called Bazooka Joe, and their bass player at the time was Adam Ant, who went on to form Adam and the Ants.

  

  Steve Jones
  • Band
  • Gig
  • Opening Up

• The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really well, it makes you feel great. TV is a bit more difficult; there are more factors that can screw it up along the way.

  

  Nina Conti
  • Control
  • Satisfaction
  • Gig