All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to…

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years.

— Nikki Sixx

A performer needs to feel the part to be the part!

— Daniella Monet

I like that because the fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.

— Frankie Avalon

I looked at Justin, and I was like: 'Do you want me to go onstage for you?'

— Kanye West

I also sort of find the idea that not only do actors want to please when they're onstage, I find actors really want to…

— Jeffrey Combs

I'm on a single track here - I work to direct what I want to see onstage. I basically have been feeding my own…

— Harold Prince

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.

— Hank Williams III

In rock 'n' roll it's really about being as vulnerable as possible and giving them what they want. But onstage it's about pausing, about…

— Courtney Love

The Moodies is a responsibility to deliver the goods every night onstage and to do it sincerely; otherwise, it doesn't work. You've got the…

— Justin Hayward

I'm at the top, top, top of my game now. I'm so happy to be on that stage, I'm in control of it, and…

— Joan Rivers

Most of the time, it's pretending I'm somebody else to get into a different head space. A lot of times, it's just, 'Who do…

— Borns

Then the challenge is, once you left brain it and build it, then when you're on stage you have to know it so well…

— Bo Burnham

I did not want to go onstage and play Led Zeppelin songs; there has to be more than that. I wanted to create a…

— Jason Bonham

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.

— Neil Peart

While I have not ruled out the possibility of doing music, what I don't want to do is go onstage and perform old songs.…

— Henry Rollins