I don't like doing 25 songs. I think that just kills the audience. I think the show should be 17, 18, 19 songs and encores.
Rappers on their sophomores...actin' like they boss lords.
Fame's such a funny thing for sure when niggas start believing all those encores.
When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father's concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw something happening with the audience.
I don't walk off and come back for encores. I figure I can add four weeks to my life that way.
I just did 101 shows in 86 different cities in America and Europe and Canada, and I'm not lying or exaggerating when I say, at the vast majority of shows, they loved it. There were encores, there were standing ovations.
The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world.
It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.
There's nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores.
For a show, I can bear a little longer than 45 minutes, not including encores.
What I love about Encores! is that it's a tremendous amount of work in a short amount of time, but it's just so festive and so celebratory and fun. It harkens back to the old days of just getting together and putting on a show.
I've seen nearly every Encores! show. I love the second acts so much because you just see desperation and inspiration in equal measure.
I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve.
Encores! is, to me, a wonderful, warm, welcoming place, and I hope it always will be.
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