Quotes About Performance

I play some places where the people are right at my feet, and you can see their expressions. It's kind of more like playing in your living room. It's almost easier to play in front of thousands of people in an arena scene, in some ways, but you don't get the personal contact.

I learned so much watching my dad write songs and perform in front of thousands of people, and people were singing along to songs that I watched him write; it stuck with me.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

Winning HOYS set me up for the future and prepared me for riding in front of lots of people, but the real highlight was the London 2012 Olympics. Being able to go out in front of thousands of people, on your home ground, representing your country and winning gold medals is something I'll never be able to beat.

It's great to do small plays in the theatre and then go off with Blur and play in front of thousands of people.

I think after coming off of 'American Idol'... people kind of expect you to just be awesome all the time, and we're still learning. I had a lot of stage experience, but it was in a 200-seat theater, you know - it wasn't thousands of people in front of me.

Nobody plans on playing their own songs in front of thousands of people.

I think every day how incredibly lucky it is that I travel around the world playing to thousands of people.

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

I remember the first time I felt that I was sharing the stage with someone spectacular was dancing with Beyonce. It was the dancers, the band, Beyonce and me in front of thousands of people. That was sick. It was pretty amazing that I got to travel the world with someone like her.

I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people.

I think actually performing on stage when everyone's facing you and you're one person facing them, that is quite a lonely thing in a strange way. You have to be quite insular from everybody else, you've got thousands of people staring at you and you're just on your own.

I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.

I know that out of the thousands of people who show up, maybe nine of them will actually understand what's going on stage, music-wise. But no one should be sitting down in my concert.

It's been amazing getting to go from city to city and perform for thousands of people. It's an amazing feeling, and the energy is crazy.

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean?

My favorite thing to do is to perform. It doesn't matter if people are watching or not because either way, I see 50,000 people when I close my eyes, and I will give a show for those thousands of people, regardless if you see them or not.

Playing in Japan for thousands of people was like playing on the moon.

There are moments, when you're playing your songs to thousands of people, which are amazingly satisfying. I'm very self-critical, so I find it hard to go along with moments like that.

I've fought in front of thousands of people and never responded to the crowd. I got there, did my job, and left.

I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares me.

When you go on the stage before thousands of people, you can be excited and nervous, but it's not fear.

I have a huge fear of crowds. The irony is that my band is a therapeutic exercise. I hurl myself into thousands of people.