"It's real important to me to give the listener variety."
"It's wonderful that people come up and say hello and get my autograph. I find myself on stage for an hour and a half then going back to the bus, with time enough just to catch my breath before going out for meet-and-greets and signing for two more hours. Visiting with people after the show allows them to see me in
another setting - not as a performer."
"People feel closer to you when you actually have a conversation. I want people to know we have a lot in common - on the same level. When you're up on that stage, you're literally 'up there'. I want to jump down into the crowd and let them know that I'm one of them. Just like fans of mine, I'm a fan, too. I get
'awe-struck' just like everyone else."
"The legendary Buck Owens recently gave me some words of wisdom. 'Give the fans what they want. When I was in the house band at the Blackboard, Tutti Frutti was the hottest song around - and we learned it.' I will take those words to heart ... and on stage with me every night."
"I have the opportunity to be out in front of thousands and thousands of fans every time I take the stage. You can't ask for more than that."
"When singing ballads, you must find a power within that drives you to deliver the words. In the studio, capturing that live energy is our objective. Sometimes, I felt myself just singing the song because there was so much emotion and so much feeling in the lyrics that I didn't consciously feel myself putting a lot of effort into it - it just happened. Other times, I found myself wanting to draw as much as I could from myself, while developing a mental picture from the words."
I've always left myself wide open as far as the spectrum of country music today. I try and cover all of it, because that's just me. That's why I do the rock 'n' roll in my live show, it's very much a part of who I am."
I cover a broad spectrum of music ... which is a good reflection of who David Kersh is - there's a lot of me. That's why I'm dying to be in movies, I want to do more commercials, I want to shoot lots of videos, and I want to sing my kind of music."
"That song reminds me of myself. It's high energy, and it's a little bit on the wild side." {Referring to "The Faster I Go."}
"It was a constant struggle between my heart and my mind. Being on the road, it's very difficult to be in a relationship, and yet I have a lot of love in me that I want to give. At that time, I was very protective of my heart and of myself. I was scared of being in a relationship where I needed someone. I read the lyrics and realized, 'My gosh, this is what I have to do. This is the risk you have to take to find that love.' It really opened my eyes." {Discussing how he felt while recording "The Need."}
I don't want to be known as 'just the artist, David Kersh,' I want to be known as 'David Kersh, the artist who does everything.'"
