Accepting Quote by Charlotte Gainsbourg

I don't really move onstage; all I do is just gradually hunch more and more and jut out at the people in the front…

— Al Madrigal

It's amazing, 'cause sometimes when we're onstage, I feel like somebody's just moving the pieces. I'm just going, 'God, we don't have any control…

— Stevie Nicks

I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't…

— Kim Gordon

Sometimes I think I'm more comfortable onstage than I am in my own room. When I get onstage, it's kind of like your chance…

— Britney Spears

I'm the most mellow person offstage. I think it's just, going onstage lets me get out some frustration that I'm too shy to do…

— Zach Galifianakis

Before I started touring, I worked with someone to help me, even physically, because I was so shy. And you can't be shy going…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

I didn't want to change my personality onstage, but I still had to build some kind of ego to be able to go up…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

I just want to be able to get onstage and move and move around.

— Sharon Jones

I can get onstage and cut that off and be superinstinctive. To be a good live performer, you have to be instinctive. It's like,…

— Bruce Springsteen

Going onstage is like going into battle. You're ultimately there to win. It's driven and fuelled by passion and a desire to do it.

— Keith Flint

So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different things.

— Wyatt Cenac

I always wanted to be an artist of some sort and I was really shy growing up, so performing didn't really seem like a…

— Alison Sudol