You come across quite ordinary, nondescript people in daily life, and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage, too.
It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert stage as it is performed by different orchestras and choruses throughout the world.
Being in the latter stages of life means the morning is unkind to the reflection. It takes a few hours for the creases to fall out. By about 4 P.M., I look quite nice.
I apologize in my real life all the time. I say ridiculous things, I make mistakes constantly. But when I'm on stage, I'm at a microphone... it's a joke!
I'm quite surprised at how out of control I can be on stage because, actually, I find I like to be in control in life. It's quite freeing, really.
In Aristotle the mind, regarded as the principle of life, divides into nutrition, sensation, and faculty of thought, corresponding to the inner most important stages in the succession of vital phenomena.
I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.
It's embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I'm glad I did.
A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds. That we will be pushed out on to the stage, and it will be revealed that the emperor has no clothes.
'Heartbreak Heard Around the World' is about me and my girl, and I'm just going through a broken-heart stage in a relationship, and I'm just kind of expressing my love for her.
I love playing with a full band, but there's just like a different feeling up on stage when you're playing with a smaller group. It's easier to play off each other.
I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it's what I live for.
Usefulness! It is not a fascinating word, and the quality is not one of which the aspiring spirit can dream o' nights, yet on the stage it is the first thing to aim at.
What I really like seeing from the stage is people having their own moments, when people are doing some performance of their own.
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.
A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright.
I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind.
So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.
The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
