"When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me"
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The casual “probably” does a lot of work. It softens the admission that the era of standing-and-singing is over once venues hit a certain size. Richard isn’t selling an artistic manifesto; he’s narrating a production decision, the kind audiences rarely hear stated so plainly. That plainness is the subtext: a veteran performer acknowledging the machinery without pretending it’s magic.
Then there’s the oddly personal pivot: “they videoed it for me.” Not “for broadcast,” not “for the fans,” but for him - a small, human detail that cuts through the stadium rhetoric. It hints at legacy management and self-review: an artist who’s been famous long enough to know the night disappears unless it’s captured, and who wants proof the big choices paid off. “It turned out really well” lands like relieved professionalism, the satisfaction of a craftsman whose gamble on scale didn’t swallow the song.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Richard, Cliff. (2026, January 15). When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-youre-out-there-with-thousands-of-people-its-140699/
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Richard, Cliff. "When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-youre-out-there-with-thousands-of-people-its-140699/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When you're out there with thousands of people it's probably better to have a bigger show to look at, and it turned out really well and they videoed it for me." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-youre-out-there-with-thousands-of-people-its-140699/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

