Audience Quote by St. Lucia

The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be…

— Eddie Vedder

... it took me five years of going right into the mouth of the lion to learn to be at ease onstage ... if…

— Rory Block

I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a positive way…

— Kenny Chesney

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s.…

— Chubby Checker

It's hard to get intimate with an audience.

— RuPaul

It really took me a long time to become comfortable as a performer. I think I'm finally starting to enjoy playing live.

— Chelsea Wolfe

I realized that 'performing' was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as a dancer with my company 'Synergy'…

— Catherine Mary Stewart

Even moving around onstage seemed very artificial. But at the same time you have to make that effort in order to get back to…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.

— Ester Dean

Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was still shy…

— Elton John

There was a conflict - the actual putting together of the reality of the situation didn't seem to gel. I'd been doing kind of…

— Van Morrison

It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need…

— Loretta Swit