When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to… — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of… — Abdullah Ocalan Copy Share Image
Some of the challenges and the way I throw my body around in the Premier League wouldn't work on an international stage. — Andy Carroll Copy Share Image
There were a lot more girls at the shows early on. I'd get off stage and there would be options. Those days… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
If all the world's a stage and all the people players, who in bloody hell hired the director? — Charles L. Grant Copy Share Image
I learned from doing live shows that I could use physicality to bandage moments that weren't working very well. — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
It's so nice to know where you're going, in the early stages. It almost rids you of the wish to go there. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
I want to get to the point where one day I don't have to have anything but a rug and a microphone… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
I think certainly after every show I headline, I will be available to the fans. When I'm headlining a show, I don't… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
The only way to get better at stand-up is to do loads of gigs, and I don't know. I spread myself pretty… — Peter Serafinowicz Copy Share Image
My life is singing. I don't plan on retiring. I plan to die on a stage. I can have a headache but… — Celia Cruz Copy Share Image
I know that out of the thousands of people who show up, maybe nine of them will actually understand what's going on… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
As disabled people, we're used to being looked at, being stared at, being the centre of attention. Maybe my love of performing… — Liz Carr Copy Share Image
To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I can get onstage and cut that off and be superinstinctive. To be a good live performer, you have to be instinctive.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I'm quite a reserved person, but when it comes to being on stage, something just clicks, and I sort of run around… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
The people at festivals are much more open to dance and just sing along. They come right up to the stage and… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
Onstage, it's all just a heightened and more elaborate version of me. When you're standing onstage, your adrenaline is going, your enthusiasm… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
I'd been a guy who's made last-second shots in regular-season games or played big down the stretch for periods of times, but… — David Lee Copy Share Image
Do you know what it took for Balanchine to put me, a black man, on stage with a white woman? This was… — Arthur Mitchell Copy Share Image
I have been doing this since I was nine years old. So whatever the role is, I am going to do the… — Darius McCrary Copy Share Image
When you're doing comedy on stage, it's great because you have the audience there and they're like another actor in the scene.… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
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