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title: "11 People Onstage Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [When I started stand-up, the people I admired most were the people who were the most themselves onstage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-f-tompkins/when-i-started-stand-up-the-people-i-admired-most-were-the-people-who/)

[Paul F. Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-f-tompkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/paul-f-tompkins-3121_most_when-i-started-stand-up-the-people-i-adm_1974377.jpg)

> [There's a lot of technical issues with a musical whereas with a play it's just the five people onstage in this moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-faist/there-s-a-lot-of-technical-issues-with-a-musical-whereas-with-a-play/)

[Mike Faist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-faist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/mike-faist-5915_five_there-s-a-lot-of-technical-issues-with-a_923814.jpg)

> [People see you onstage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy.I want to be that guy myself very often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/people-see-you-onstage-and-yeah-i-d-want-to-be-that-guy-i-want-to-be/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/bruce-springsteen-546_guy_people-see-you-onstage-and-yeah-i-d-want_27851.jpg)

> [Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/britney-spears/performing-is-my-therapy-to-become-different-people-onstage/)

[Britney Spears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/britney-spears/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/britney-spears-1356_become_performing-is-my-therapy-to-become-diffe_517053.jpg)

> [People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-aldean/people-see-you-onstage-and-the-glamorous-side-but-they-don-t-see-you/)

[Jason Aldean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-aldean/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/jason-aldean-2805_eating_people-see-you-onstage-and-the-glamorous_2239512.png)

> [There are a bunch of talented bands out there... So yeah, I often think, 'Why aren't these people onstage and why do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julien-baker/there-are-a-bunch-of-talented-bands-out-there-so-yeah-i-often-think/)

[Julien Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julien-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/julien-baker-6187_microphone_there-are-a-bunch-of-talented-bands-out_1058560.jpg)

> [Certainly, I, as an audience, am stricken with terror if I see only two people onstage. And one person, I think, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pauline-collins/certainly-i-as-an-audience-am-stricken-with-terror-if-i-see-only-two/)

[Pauline Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pauline-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/pauline-collins-44743_audience_certainly-i-as-an-audience-am-stricken-w_2615955.jpg)

> [We have a lot of people onstage. We have a live violin, live cello, live drums played on this kind of massive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-chatto/we-have-a-lot-of-people-onstage-we-have-a-live-violin-live-cello-live/)

[Grace Chatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-chatto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/grace-chatto-9820_drums_we-have-a-lot-of-people-onstage-we-have_1896556.jpg)

> [I think the more people you add on stage, the more locked it things become. Whereas fewer members on stage gets the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cain/i-think-the-more-people-you-add-on-stage-the-more-locked-it-things/)

[Chris Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/chris-cain-54409_add_i-think-the-more-people-you-add-on-stage_2300875.jpg)

> [I haven't had that many people onstage for a while, and I'm looking forward to that. They're all such creative musicians in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-haven-t-had-that-many-people-onstage-for-a-while-and-i-m-looking/)

[Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/andrew-bird-4041_band_i-haven-t-had-that-many-people-onstage-f_915079.png)

> [“I kept looking around the bleachers at the audience, middle-aged people in practical clothes. Every single one of them cared about love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-batuman/i-kept-looking-around-the-bleachers-at-the-audience-middle-aged/)

[Elif Batuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-batuman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/elif-batuman-2172_audience_i-kept-looking-around-the-bleachers-at-t_2618671.png)

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