Creativity Quote by Michael Schenker

Live performance is a flirtation with chaos, and Michael Schenker treats that chaos as the point, not the problem. "When you are live you never know what is going to happen" reads simple, almost throwaway, but it quietly stakes a claim against the modern fantasy of control: the click track, the pre-programmed lights, the perfectly replicated set list. Schenker, a guitarist whose career has lived in the heat of hard rock’s risk-and-reward economy, is nodding to the truth fans feel in their bones: the best moments aren’t the ones you can rehearse into existence.

The intent isn’t to romanticize mistakes as much as to elevate presence. "Live" here means more than not-in-the-studio; it’s a state of being where attention is sharpened by stakes. A string snaps, a solo catches fire, the crowd pushes the tempo, the band gets briefly out of its own way. That uncertainty becomes a kind of authenticity test, separating performance as craft from performance as event.

There’s subtext, too, about why people still pay for concerts in an era where the recorded version is flawless and instantly available. The value isn’t fidelity; it’s volatility. Schenker’s line also carries a musician’s humility: you can practice and plan, but once the lights hit, the room has agency. In a culture that increasingly polishes everything to a shine, he’s defending the crackle of the unrepeatable.