“Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going.” FirstsAudienceLaughingAchievementSingingPianoWarmthEntertainingPlaying Piano Author:Bruce Forsyth
“Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me.” GivingFeelsFirstsHeartI CanSoulSelfRomanceJoyPassionEnergyGivenEnjoySecretAudienceMy HeartFindingsSingingGive MeMy SoulFirst LoveMy PassionInner SelfGreat Joy Author:Kailash Kher
“I was never trying to be the voice for anybody else. I was just trying to sing about what I was going through, and was singing about those things specifically because I knew there was an audience not being served.” TryingVoiceAudienceSinging Author:Kathleen Hanna
“When you sing R&B songs in front of an audience, you look out and there's 85% women. I think R&B music is sort of designed for a man singing to a woman. I don't sing it like the sexy thing, but sort of pseudo-sexy. We rally the women together because it's about being independent and things like that.” ThinkingMenLooksTogetherSongAudienceFrontsMusic IsSingingIndependentSexyPseudo Author:Jamie Foxx
“Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.” PurposeSongChanceAudienceStageEmotionalSingingStartingPerformingConnectingPerforming On Stage Author:Naturi Naughton
“I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.” ThinkingI CanEnjoyChallengesAudienceFrontsMaterialsSingingPerformingLearning New Author:Lea Salonga
“I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.” PeopleThinkingSongMy OwnAudienceSingingOriginalsCompetition Author:Birdy
“My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.” PeopleKindAgeLeftVisionAudienceRocksInvolvedSceneBandCreatingSingingTownsPunkPunk Rock Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I remember playing Coachella and seeing kids in the audience who weren't even born when we had our initial run of success. They were singing along to every word, which was an amazing thing to see.” RunningKidsRememberBornAudienceSeeingSingingInitialsAmazing ThingsCoachella Author:David Lovering
“Live audiences love me because I'm singing and actually am able to f**k with people live over the mic.” PeopleAbleAudienceSingingMics Author:Willam Belli
“Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves.” FeelsStillsSometimesHelpingSpiritualPrayerAudienceMusic IsSingingConnectedSpiritual Life Author:Bobby McFerrin
“You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.” FeelingsSongStarsSportsAudienceSingingGenuineSports Stars Author:Rick Astley
“I've always been so interested in the way the body feels when singing or being on stage, or being in the audience for that matter. It doesn't have to be the typical "rock" experience. It can be so much more.” WayFeelsMatterBodyAudienceRocksStageSingingTypical Author:Jenny Hval
“When you're singing, it can be looked at as a monologue, in a way. If it's about telling a story and connecting with your audience, you can do that through song, through dialogue, or through a monologue. That's what's special about being an entertainer.” IfsWayStoriesSongCan DoAudienceSpecialSingingDialogueConnectingEntertainersMonologues Author:Naturi Naughton
“I'm so lucky that I get to write my own music and write my own stories, so every single time I look down in the audience and I see somebody singing the words back to me, it makes it all worth it.” WritingLooksStoriesMy OwnAudienceLuckySingingWorth ItSo Lucky Author:Taylor Swift
“When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the best feeling in the world. It may sound dumb and corny to say it, but it's like pure love.” WorldMayFeelingsSoundLevelsAudiencePureSingingDumbCornyPure Love Author:Joan Jett
“Usually, there's a story I've told that leads up to why I'm singing the song. The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs. The best way to do that was in a room with an audience and for people to listen to that.” PeopleWayWholeStoriesShowsSongRoomsAudienceSingingConceptsBest WayConnectingBeing Authentic Author:Alan Cumming
“To perform at the Cardiff Millennium Centre was amazing in itself - the theatre is an incredible venue and it was great to be performing so close to home. For me the best experience was in Glasgow, where I got to play Dee Dee for two weeks! The audience sang along to every song with such enthusiasm you actually couldn't hear yourself singing! That was incredible!” TwoPlayHomeSongAudienceWeekSingingIncrediblesTheatreEnthusiasmPerformingCentreTwo WeeksMillenniumVenuesGlasgowBest ExperiencesCardiff Author:Francesca Jackson
“I can't say what my greatest strength between acting and singing is...I'll leave that to the critics. Maybe my best strength is performance itself, being with the audience and feeling what they feel, bouncing off of them.” FeelsI CanFeelingsActingAudienceStrengthSingingPerformancesCriticsBest Strength Author:Erica Schroeder
“I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because the audience is dancing or singing with us. That's the interesting part of the live show, actually, because everything is possible and everything can change.” I CanShowsInterestingAudienceStageMusicianSingingDancingArrangements Author:Rokia Traore
“Since I've stopped drinking I'm way better at singing. I can project my voice better. I can actually walk on stage and make eye contact with the audience, which I never used to know how to do in the past. So, it's made a huge difference for me.” KnowsWayMadeI CanEyePastUsedVoiceDifferencesWalksAudienceKnow HowStageHugeProjectsSingingDrinkingContactEye Contact Author:Ladyhawke
“Tony Bennett is still giving concerts, still singing. It's keeping him alive. He's in his late 80s now and he keeps going and going. I maintain, God bless him, it's this devotion to duty and working and being in front his audience.” GivingStillsAudienceAliveFrontsDutyLateSingingDevotionKeep GoingBlessConcerts80sGod BlessDevotion To Duty Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.
“Maybe I'm not giving people in the audience enough credit for actually thinking about what they're singing, but it's awesome when a rock'n'roll groove and melody can transport something from Barometer Rising or whatever [ed: it's from 1958's The Watch That Ends the Night] into [Toronto's] Molson Ampitheatre and have people just owning it.” PeopleThinkingGivingEndsEnoughNightWatchesAudienceRocksSingingCreditRisingMelodyRock N RollTransportTorontoGrooveBarometerOwning It Author:Sarah Harmer
“"Born To Run," that expands every time we go out. It just seems to you - more of your life fills it in, fills in the story. And when we hit it every night, it's always a huge catharsis. It's fascinating to see the audience singing it back to me. It's quite wonderful, you know, to see people that intensely singing your song.” PeopleKnowsStoriesSeemsRunningNightSongBornAudienceWonderfulHugeSingingFascinatingEvery NightCatharsisBorn To Run Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I grew up in music theater playing to the audience - singing and dancing and showing off. That's really my background. But the camera's different. I think I'm more at home on stage.” ThinkingDifferentHomeAudienceStageGrewGrew UpSingingTheaterCamerasDancingBackgroundsShowing OffSinging And Dancing Author:Christopher Walken
“When I am onstage, singing all these songs... what's going through my mind is nothing. That's what's so amazing about meditation - achieving that state, getting to a place where you're clear and present. I'm not thinking about anything except connecting with an audience.” ThinkingMindSongAudienceMeditationAchieveSinging Author:Thao Nguyen
“In any big spectacular, it's really difficult to have enough voices to cover all the vocal parts. To give the audience the complete experience they're expecting, there is some reinforcement, some playback that everybody's hearing. Sometimes it's background vocals, but sometimes it will be actually vocal tracks. It's so hard to ensure, with no safety net ... you're not gonna get another shot at it, you have to have stability. I think it's very naïve of a lot of people to think that when you see someone open their mouth, they're really singing.” PeopleThinkingGivingSometimesEnoughDifficultAudienceSingingSafetyTrackStabilityExpectingSafety Net Author:Mariah Carey
“I can understand why rock stars are rock stars and why they play in front of people because the buzz that you get is insane. It's probably the same as when you do something on stage and you work off the audience. The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.” PeopleSongAudienceSingingDancingIncrediblesInsaneRock Star Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson
“I enjoy it all: performIng, doing TV, movies, comedy, drama, stand-up, animation voicework, singing, but you get that instant gratification from stand-up because it's your own commentary and you get to see the reaction from the audience that's right there in front of you. I also love coming up with characters and watching people embrace them and enjoy them.” PeopleCharacterEnjoyAudienceComedyDramaSingingEmbracePerformingInstantAnimationGratificationInstant Gratification Author:Kam Williams
“Luther Vandross and I met in Roberta Flack's band. He was singing background, I was playing bass, and Roberta was beautiful. She's like the mom to all these young musicians in New York. At that time that I met Luther, I was a musician snob. For me, the singers were just the people out in the front to keep the audience entertained. While the musicians did the real work.” PeopleRealBeautifulAudienceMomMusicianSingingLutherSnob Author:Marcus Miller
“For me, the most gratifying part in touring is singing the songs that I know tmy fans love, it's those moments when they put their hands up and their heads down that you know that you have hit a nerve. It's those moments when the people in the audience say "sang". It's those moments that I'd listen to growing up, even on Donny Hathaway live, where the people were speaking to my Dad at the Troubadour and I used to wonder, 'wow, what are they talking about?' There's an electricity that cannot be rivaled when you are creating for people live and in real time.” PeopleRealMomentsSongWonderAudienceGrowing UpDadSingingMy DadElectricity Author:Lalah Hathaway
“I'm not a virtuoso on an instrument. You know, I'm not always singing in pitch. I laugh sometimes my way through the shows, but I'm an honest songwriter who's always tried to bring the audience with me on my journey in hopes that they see their own lives reflected in the work.” KnowsWaySometimesShowsAudienceLaughingJourneyHonestSingingInstrumentsMy WaySongwritersMy JourneyVirtuoso Author:Jason Mraz
“When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.” PeopleLoveLifeDreamBigsAudienceRelationshipSingingHappeningsSightEchoesSingle Word Author:Taylor Swift
“For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume ... to do something with your body. When singing in concert you have to stand up in front of the audience, next to the conductor, which is less natural.” BodyMovingNextNaturalAudienceFrontsTypeSingingYour BodyConcertsOperaCostumesEnjoyableConductor Author:Andrea Bocelli
“The audience keeps singing, keeps making my case, and I just keep strumming until I get close enough to see her eyes. And then I start singing the chorus. Right to her. And she smiles at me, and it’s like we’re the only two people out here, the only ones who know what’s happening. Which is that this song we’re all singing together is being rewritten. It’s no longer an angry plea shouted to the void. Right here, on this stage, in front of eighty thousand people, it’s becoming something else. This is our new vow.” PeopleKnowsTwoEnoughEyeTogetherSongCasesAudienceStageFrontsBecomingThousandSingingHappeningsAngryVoidHer EyesEightyVowChorusBecoming SomethingStrummingSinging Together Author:Gayle Forman
“You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.” ThinkingWantFeelsAbleSongAudienceSingingSittingRelateGuts Author:Johnny Cash
“I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom.” HumansUsedAudienceMovementHorrorSingingPerformingMaskPhantomsProstheticsWearing A Mask Author:Gerard Butler