Quotes About Stage

I wanted to be a performer, not someone who introduced other performers.

Jodi Melnick is hotly self-absorbed. Her onstage musicians are much too loud, and like so many narcissistic performers, she goes on much too long: She's interested in herself; why wouldn't we be?

In Adrenaline Mob there are five guys that are all absolutely insanely energetic performers each of their own right. It's like a five-ring circus on stage!

I can't think of a better bonding experience than to be able to sit on stage and to watch your fellow performers perform on stage every night.

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do.

I never got nervous performing my own material.

I love performing. I love the people. I sound like Liza Minnelli right now, don't I?

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

Performing is my passion.

There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good, when it really works, maybe once every 15 shows, it's very special, and you realize that's why you do it.

When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to... I finally feel like myself.

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs and stuff - not a natural gig-er.

Performing gives me so much anxiety.

I love making movies, but there's nothing like performing live.

As Mick Jagger will tell you, performing is an aerobic work-out. I've got the bass guitar, which is the heaviest of all the instruments, and I'm a little girl, in boiling-hot leather under the lights. You have to keep the fitness level up if you want to look good up there.

I got the performing itch.

I like the performing part, it gives me a huge rush but it still makes me nervous. Being in front of large crowds is intimidating to me and I feel myself withdrawing.

I love performing, you know, because, like I say, I'm a ham for this stuff.

I'm more comfortable performing in front of 50,000 people than five people - it's easier. When there's that many people, I feel like I'm alone. When I perform in front of only a few people, it's scary.

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be.

I like performing in front of big crowds.