“I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.” KnowsWritingPlaySongStageBand Author:Adam Levine
“When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff until you really thrashed at it for a few weeks.” KnowsKindLittlesStillsSongBitsWeekStageLittle BitWorn Author:Jeff Lynne
“I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.” WritingPlayWantedSongStageCurrents Author:K. D. Lang
“Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and a bandana on my neck. Once I gripped that microphone stand, I did not let go! I plugged my microphone into a guitar FX pedal. Then at the end of the a Black Sabbath song we were covering, I hit the guitar pedal. It was horrific!” EndsShowsAgeSongBlackStageLetting GoGuitarShirtsNecksTerrifiedJeansT ShirtVansCoveringSabbathMicrophonesHorrificPedalsVan HalenBlack Sabbath Author:Phil Anselmo
“I don't think I've ever gone on stage to be an asshole. I know one thing, from the past, and that's that my intentions always began in a pure way. I really want to just try and play the songs.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantTryingPlayPastSongGoneOne ThingStagePureIntention Author:Ryan Adams
“The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible.” TryingSongChallengesStagePopsTranslatePop Music Author:Tove Styrke
“Most of our songs were written on acoustic guitar before they made it to the practice stage.” MadeSongPracticeWrittenStageGuitarMade ItAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Dave Grohl
“I hope to die right in the middle of a song and right on the stage doing what I love to do. I hope to be about 120 when that happens.” HappensAgeDeathSongDiesMiddleStage Author:Dolly Parton
“During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.” StillsTwoShowsSongGivenWalksTeamStagePicksConstantCalmEnergeticCalm DownMics Author:Jessie J
“Rock stars are like prophets. There's something about somebody who can get up on a stage and sing. And then when they write you songs, forget it, okay?” WritingSongStarsForgetRocksStageOkayGet UpProphetForget ItRock Star Author:Pamela Anderson
“It's funny when you write a song - it's easy for me now - but there's almost a second stage where you take control of the song. You start writing it, and if you're not careful, it just finishes itself and it might not be what you wanted. It's very strange, it takes over itself. It has its own life.” IfsWritingMightWantedSongEasyStageStrangeCarefulOver ItTake Control Author:Kate Bush
“For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a stage I was pushed, With my sorrow well rehearsed. So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it).” GivingWellsEyeLyingSongStageSorrowGive MeCarefulPityCards Author:Conor Oberst
“Sean Taylor is a wonderfully talented modern troubadour whose sincere, thoughtful songs pull you in. I've had the pleasure of sharing the stage with him. He swings. Check him out!” SongPleasureModernStageChecksThoughtfulSincereSwingsSeanTroubadours Author:Eric Bibb
“My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible.” WantChildrenEndsShowsBigsSongGirlActorsMemoriesStageDadTerribleDirectorsSingingWestMy DadFolksShow MeAuditionsDonkeyQueuesChild ActorsFolk SongsWest End Author:Emilia Clarke
“Now any person who plays an acoustic guitar standing up on stage with a microphone is a folk singer. Some grandmother with a baby in her arms singing a 500-year-old song, well, she's not a folk singer, she's not on stage with a guitar and a microphone. No, she's just an old grandmother singing an old song. The term "folk singer" has gotten warped.” YearsWellsPersonsPlaySongTermStageBabyArmsSingingStandingGuitarFolksSingersGrandmotherAcousticsMicrophonesAcoustic GuitarOld Song Author:Pete Seeger
“It's all very hazy to me now. I'm glad I made it through that stage. It got a little dicey. There were some drugs going on. I remember singing one song for about a day and a half.” LittlesMadeRememberSongHalfStageDrugSingingGladMade ItHazy Author:Neil Young
“When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.” CertainSongEmotionStage Author:Cyndi Lauper
“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 wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song.” PeopleAbleSongStageMics Author:Sevyn Streeter
“Paper or razor blade, never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just control that thought You'd find me buskin' on the street When it was cold outdoors And now I'm sweating on the stage With the sold out tours Writing love songs for the sake of it Never to make a hit” GivingWritingYearsRememberSongStreetsStageColdCoupleGiving UpPaperYears AgoSakeNever Giving UpBladesFind MeRazorsSweatingSold OutWriting LoveWriting Love Songs Author:Ed Sheeran
“When I'm singing a song on stage, I hate hypocrites. If you don't put yourself in that lyric and emote and be what that lyric says that you are, then you're just going through the motions and you're being hypocritical. I just take that same approach with acting. I just take the dialogue and I emote it and become that. I use the same technic.” IfsUseHateSongActingStageApproachSingingI HateDialogueHypocriteHypocriticalEmote Author:Trace Adkins