Everyone who has attended live music knows it’s special, and these concert quotes will confirm it in different funny, deep, and eloquent ways.
There’s truly nothing like swaying in a crowd who feels the same thing, or screaming song lyrics into the open air along with a few thousand of your best friends, in a massive and beautiful shared experience.
If you are looking for quotes about concerts to explain your warm fuzzy feelings or concert Instagram captions so you have the perfect caption on your next concert post, you will surely find something perfect in this list – scroll to the bottom for the funniest/punniest ones.
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Top 15 Concert Quotes
Here are the TOP concert quotes that describe how live music feels in your soul… or in your ears. These are concert quotes from artists and musicians themselves as well as celebrities, authors, poets, and people who simply love going to concerts.
- “Shortest horror story ever: ‘sold out!’” – Unknown
- “Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen
- “One good thing about music – when it hits you, you feel no pain.” – Bob Marley
- “I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill.” ~ Jim James
- “There is only one better thing than music – live music.” – Jacek Andrzej Bukowski
- “You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.” – David Byrne
- “It’s a place where we can forget about our problems for a little while.” — Vic Fuentes
- “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” – Plato
- “It’s more than just music, I feel alive, I feel at home.” – Unknown
- “Music shouldn’t be just a tune, it should be a touch.” – Amit Kalantri
- “We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.” — Damian Marley
- ”The rhythm’s gonna hold you for ransom.” — Anthem
- “The concert makes you bring out the crazy person inside of you.”“There’s nothing to compare to live music, there just isn’t anything.” – Gloria Gaynor
- She was born to be free, let her run wild in her own way and you will never lose her.” — Nikki Rowe
Top Concert Instagram Captions
These concert captions for Instagram should pretty much encompass your concert mood in just a sentence or two. Whether you want silly and funny concert Instagram captions or concert captions that capture the incredible good vibe you get when seeing live music, there should be something for you here!
- “Music is life. That’s why our hearts have beats”
- “Music is a safe kind of high.”
- “Let’s go where the music is too loud.”
- “You ask me what is closest to magic; I say concerts.
- “Sometimes music is the only medicine the heart and soul need.”
- “We are the ones with the messy hair, the dirty feet, and that wild sparkle in our eyes.”
- “Feels like I just got out of a concert.”
- “Everyone should experience a concert at least once in his lifetime.”
- “Finally, getting to see the artist who changed your life.”
- “The lights, the sound, some crazy people I have found.”
- “Concert nights make you fall in love with everything surrounding you”
- “Hey music, thanks for the therapy.”
- “All it takes is one song to bring back a thousand memories.”
- “You don’t always have to go to the symphony to hear beautiful music.
- “Keep calm and sing with the crowd.”
- “Cause we don’t need permission to dance.” — BTS, “Permission to Dance”
Quotes About Concerts + Live Music
These concert quotes are more specifically focused on live music quotes (and live music captions). You can apply them to any kind of live music, from big concerts to small gigs and even festivals. There’s nothing like live music and these quotes show that a lot of people have felt the same.
- “Live music is the most primal form of energy release you can share with other people besides having sex or taking drugs.” – Kurt Cobain
- “There’s nothing better than live music. It’s raw energy, and raw energy feeds the soul.” – Dhani Jones
- “For those of you in the cheap seats I’d like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!”― John Lennon
- “We sometimes take photos (or record a video) so that we can later see what was happening while we were busy taking photos (or recording a video).”― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I’m very protective” – Lady Gaga
- “I’ve looked at photographs of myself during concerts and it sometimes looks as if I’m in a fencing move, with a guitar in my hands instead of a sword.” – Neil Diamond
- “When the lights go up I want to watch the way you take the stage by storm.”-All Time Low “Dear Maria, Count Me In”
- “As long as we don’t die, this is going to be one hell of a story.” – John Green
- “All it takes is one song to bring back a thousand memories.” – Unknown
- “You can’t download a live musical experience.” – Unknown
- “Let my children have music! Let them hear live music.” – Charles Mingus
- “I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.” – Adam Ant
- “Show the World where you’re from, show the World we are one.” – Pitbull
- “Why does music sound better late at night?”
- “I feel invincible when I am in a concert.”
- “They say ‘do what makes you happy’ so I came to this concert.”
- “It’s not a concert you are seeing, it’s a fashion show.” – Freddie Mercury
More Short Concert Captions for Instagram
If you want some short and sweet concert captions, these concert Instagram captions are only a few words each but are still meaningful, funny, and insightful.
- “Go where the good vibes are.”
- “We’re here because of the music.”
- “Life is short, buy the concert tickets”
- “It’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away.” — U2
- “We’re here because of the music.
- “Concert on, world off.”
- “Music is not to hear, it is to feel.”
- “Three minutes of music. Years of memories”
- “Sun, sand, and a drink in my hand.”
- “This shit got me in my feelings.” – Drake
- “This is my music family.”
- “Everyone has their thing, concerts are my thing.”
- “I believe in using songs to say things.”
- “Music is what feelings sound like.”
- “Sunshine and music gonna wash my blues away.”
- “I’d rather be at a concert.”
Funny Concert Captions
Lastly, these funny concert captions are light hearted and punny and might make you and your followers giggle when they read it. There are a few longer funny concert quotes or lyrics from well-known songs, and some shorter ones too – which one do you like best?
- “A moment of silence for all the concerts we miss because we can’t afford the tickets.” – we can all relate to this one, can’t we?!
- “I just want someone who will take me to a concert instead of a fancy dinner.”
- “You can’t buy happiness but you can buy concert tickets and that’s pretty much the same thing.”
- “I want to live at a concert.”
- “Why be moody when you can shake yo booty?”
- “If you still look cute at the end of the concert, you didn’t rock hard enough.”
- “Because you know I’m all about that bass.” – Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass”
- “Ultimately, I just want someone who knows which songs not to talk over.”
- “Why does music sound better late at night?”
- “Missy Elliott was right. Music makes you lose control.”
- “We will rock you.” – Queen
That’s it for 80+ concert quotes and concert Instagram captions, Let me know in the comments below if you found what you were looking for… and always remember to rock on!
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