But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing. '
When I'm recording something (especially because I produce my own music) I might consider how hard it would be to replicate a song on stage.
Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.
Every stage of life has its own form of power, and we're always sort of terrified as to whether we can make the jump to the next form of power.
No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people.
If you create the stage setting and it is grand, everyone who enters will play their part.
We're a leader sure, but still a member of the global community. And that's true and important and when America acts like its worst self on the global stage is when we forget that.
I've learned to keep my work on the stage or on the screen.
Failure's hard. There's no way around. Bombing on stage never feels great. You feel judged, you feel alone. But then when your performance works, it's transcendent.
James Brown opened at least six of our House of Blues clubs. He always delivered, but he demanded the respect of an emperor. But, come on, he's James Brown !. . . I got to play on stage with him. Did he ever fine me ? (Brown was known to fine players for flubbing notes or steps) - I would have loved to have been fined by James Brown !
Well it was a lot fun with John Boy and stuff, but I always knew that I wanted to be on the front of the stage even when I was playing drums. I don't have anything against John Boy, I just wanted to be on the front of the stage.
If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I have no doubt I would have been greeted with acclaim.
I feel like you have to make art because you have to make it. But the end result of it- that last stage- you have to show it to somebody else to hopefully get a rise or reaction out of them- [to see] if it'll affect someone else.
I was always directing; even back when I started on stage. I was always throwing out ideas. I just love creating stories and for some reason people would listen.
What better motivation is there to get in better shape than imagining your thighs exposed, watusyin' and a shimmyin' all over the stage.
I am inspiring and activating others to wake up to their unique selves to anchor the next stage of our unfoldment.
When I go on stage I am just, I don't make any attempts to do anything more than just what makes me comfortable.
It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.
Since I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life.
I was trained on stage at NYU in New York City; I did a lot of theatre then.