Quotes About Stage

I think I'm a dancer in terms of what I do onstage.

Sometimes in my mind I still think I'm 16 onstage and my body tells me that I'm not 16 anymore.

My dad loves it - being onstage - but I don't.

I always loved the sheer physical act of being onstage.

I got into this business because you can get gratification from it the moment you set foot onstage.

I want to get back on the international stage. I want to bring in Olympic champions to southwestern Ontario and I want it to be done the right way.

You get onto the stage; you can shout and express yourself. Your negative energy gets consumed.

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

I mean, I do believe that when you walk on the stage, or onto the screen, that's your character - not you. So it's an interesting challenge, an interesting line to walk.

When we walk onto that stage I'm not feeling like I'm ruled by any other band.

I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.

When we came to America before, we opened shows in arenas for groups like Rush. It's always been a case of playing for 45 minutes for someone else's audience.

What's an opening night without forgetting some lyrics?

My most memorable moment was performing at our first concert, Twiceland: The Opening.

There is no bigger stage than Old Trafford on the opening day of the season.

I became a set designer for opera.

I don't know if I would write an opera, maybe because of the words. But yes, I would be really excited to do it. I would certainly write a ballet or... I've done a lot of stage before.

You can make a debut in 25 operas. But to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is huge.

When I am on the opera stage, I am playing someone else. In recitals, I even have the chance to talk to the audience, which is something you don't get to do in opera.

You went to your first Broadway play or musical at some point, right? Come to opera.

The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real!

I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.

I grew up on the side of the stage. I never had a fear of an audience. I never felt like they were separated from us. We were all in the living room, and it happens to be a big living room. I continue to operate on that assumption.

A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.