Stage Quotes · Page 67

Full circle: 2014 I go from playing on the street to getting invited to play on stage, now 2016 I'm headlining.

— Masego

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

— Grace Jones

There is nothing better than coming off stage and being all sweaty and not partying.

— Alana Haim

Because so many people love seeing me on stage and because I can make many people happy, I become happy through them.

— Jin

When I was young, I was trained in stage fighting and rapier and dagger for several years.

— Suzanne Collins

I miss being able to wake up when I want and go on stage when I want and pull down my pants…

— Mark Wahlberg

When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.

— Joni Mitchell

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.

— Buffalo Bill

I sing really well, my friends say. I don't like my voice, but I sang on stage during the Sahara awards a…

— Suresh Raina

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part…

— Adelbert von Chamisso

The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's…

— Christine Lahti

'Johnny' was always a lone wolf when he got on stage. Him against the world, whereas suddenly, when I got into acting,…

— Johnny Vegas

I was, like, in my mid-30s when I found out I could sing. I was doing karaoke and we were doing Bob…

— Jelly Roll

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of…

— Nan Fairbrother

There is a shy side to me that evaporates when I play on stage, and I like that. I think it's another…

— Paul Weller

To be on stage, to be sharing a stage with Lauryn Hill, Grace Jones, SZA, Kelis, and all these incredible women, I'm…

— Jillian Hervey

I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because…

— Rokia Traore

I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power?…

— Jennifer Donnelly

Adolescence has been recognised as a stage of human development since medieval times--long, long before the industrial revolution--and, as it is now,…

— Terri E Apter

If I'm uncomfortable on stage, everybody can see it. I'm not very good at hiding it. I like long, loose jacket dresses…

— Laura Mvula

I like to go on stage with a variety, with some stuff that's been around for a handful of years, some stuff…

— Brian Regan

"Transcending the ego" thus actually means to transcend but include the ego in a deeper and higher embrace, first in the soul…

— Ken Wilber

And what is the great thing that the stage does? It cultivates the imagination. And . . . the imagination constitutes the…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Except for the small revolutionary groups which exist in all countries, the whole world was determined upon preventing revolution in Spain. In…

— George Orwell

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

— Ariel Pink

Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out…

— Jamie Foxx

I'm on stage. I'm constantly being viewed, and as sad as it is, I'm one of those guys I would rather just…

— Uriah Hall

It happens a lot that a name actor will be signed on to a project in its germ stage.

— Kelly Asbury

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more…

— Josh Radnor

I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and…

— Natasha Leggero

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.

— K. D. Lang

I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs.

— Dennis Wilson

All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

— Kenneth Clark

A man is first reverent about himself, and self-respect is the first stage in reverence for all things.

— Otto Weininger

Adolescence as the time when an individual ‘recapitulates’ the savage stage of the race’s past.

— G. Stanley Hall

When I'm up on stage and do a joke, half the people interpret it one way and half of them interpret it…

— Maria Bamford

Even though I'm still doing the singing entrances, with promos and backstages, I was being me as a performer.

— Aiden English

I can't perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it'll distract from the whole persona.

— MF Doom

I never take the stage without wearing my widebrim tan hat. I actually have multiple backups.

— Jimmie Allen

Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a…

— Jerry Lewis