I was about to walk on stage at the Kansas Speedway - I was playing a NASCAR race - and I said to Scooter Carusoe, who was standing side stage, 'I want to write a song called 'Wanna Be That Song.' Then I put my earphones back in and walked right out on stage.
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Related The first one I remember singing on stage was 'Somewhere Out There' from 'An American Ta... CARRIE UNDERWOOD I remember the first time I walked on that stage. Maxine and I were just a duet at the time, and we ... JIM ED BROWN I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' b... HANNIBAL BURESS The little song and dance number at the end - that's me, my voice, howling out. It was a new exp... HUGH DANCY 'Jack & Diane' was originally about race. I was playing nightclubs, and I was seeing new... JOHN MELLENCAMP I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and ... BILL HADER I'd love to cover an 'Incubus' song. I don't think anybody in a cowboy hat on a coun... DUSTIN LYNCH I used to really want to go on the stage and then the last couple of years I've done some presen... KATE BOSWORTH I got to live out my 11-year-old fantasies - I got to go on stage with Green Day. Billie Joe called ... FLORENCE WELCH My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, 'OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what... EMILIA CLARKE I started once a week in North Carolina at a pub called Charlie Goodnight and met a lot of comics th... RETTA Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection. EARTHA KITT There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I no... MICHAEL STIPE My first lead role was a stage play called 'A Kestrel for a Knave'. I was 11. JUSTIN CHADWICK I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of peo... STEVE MARTIN When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly... CHRIS LILLEY I was carrying my friend in his casket to put him in the hearse, and I was thinking, 'I need to ... CHARLIE PUTH I won the speech competition in class, and I always say this was my first 'spoken word performan... RUPI KAUR I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage. GUGU MBATHA-RAW Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage versio... JERRY HALL I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've... MEAT LOAF I can't believe Tina Turner actually was on the same stage. I can't believe I set foot on th... BRANDY NORWOOD I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg. TRE COOL When I'm singing a song, I'm in that song, and I'm thinking about what emotions I should... DARIUS RUCKER I knew that I was 'interesting' at 18 because I was aware that I could get away with doing t... DAVID BOWIE Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depres... BILLY DEE WILLIAMS I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a... KURT ELLING I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type ... ED O'NEILL I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to ... BEYONCE KNOWLES I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremen... ELAINE PAIGE I felt that it was cool to even get to the point where I was able to audition on the actual 'SNL... VANESSA BAYER I had left school at 16, gone to stage school - and, until I was 22, I hadn't really played anyo... LESLEY MANVILLE When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.' JACK LOWDEN When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to... BEBE REXHA As an adolescent, I was painfully shy, withdrawn. I didn't really have the nerve to sing my song... DAVID BOWIE As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpo... SAM HUNT First time I walked out on the Opry stage, Vince Gill was there. He kind of 'daddied' me thr... RANDY HOUSER Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'L... DARIUS RUCKER Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much abou... NATURI NAUGHTON You have to pay attention to the moments when you've felt on top on the world. I remember the fi... SEBASTIAN STAN With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting some... AGNES OBEL I don't really unwind after a performance. I'm still pumped up and just want to get back on ... HOLLIE CAVANAGH I loved my time doing 'Private Practice' in Los Angeles, and I was quite challenged and exci... AUDRA MCDONALD I'm into parlor dramas. I'm into theatre. I'm trained for the stage. I trained to do Che... TOM HARDY I was trying to walk around [Rob] Bowen on the stage, and ended up taking a fall right onto my bad k... JASON KUBEL If they would have told me when I was just 18 that I was going to have a career that would last so l... ENRIQUE IGLESIAS I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!'... DAMIEN HIRST I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I... STEVE MARRIOTT If I try to write a song, I will completely fail to write a song. But if I'm just holding my gui... KINA GRANNIS I remember a song I did called 'If the Good Die Young' - I wanted to have a lead guitar solo... TRACY LAWRENCE I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon'... ED BALLS I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of O... MARLEE MATLIN There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... ... DABNEY COLEMAN I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan. JOAN FONTAINE I was trying to pay the bills with poems, and it was easy to memorize my poems, because I'd be r... OMARI HARDWICK When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on sta... B. B. KING I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's ac... RUSSELL PETERS I don't think I was ever designed to be a ubiquitous worldwide star. I'm a singer-songwriter... JAMES BLUNT The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a... T. D. JAKES From the core, I'm a shy person, but when I'm on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of cours... LEON BRIDGES I was actually sitting on stage at a press conference one day, and I totally lost touch with reality... DAVE BAUTISTA There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance. KATE SMITH I'm no stranger to joining a show in the third season. I joined 'Lost Girl' at the same ... RACHEL SKARSTEN I took dance from a very early age, although my first recital, I remember refusing to go onstage. I ... PHILLIPA SOO I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a ... RUSSELL CROWE What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I ... GABRIEL BYRNE So I was at the Actor's Studio, thinking about this, and I happened to glance over to the other ... ELLEN BURSTYN When I walk out on stage, I don't know who's in the audience. To me, in my little fat skull,... DAVE COULIER I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage ... CHER LLOYD I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That... BEN HARPER Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage an... MIKE GORDON My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the ... DAVID WENHAM I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, &... FEFE DOBSON When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc... AL HIRSCHFELD During my school days, I was doing a play, and my costume fell on the stage. I really wish it didn... VIRAT KOHLI I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There... TAMMY BLANCHARD From the stage, I can reach a large audience, and you learn from being on stage how much a song reac... K'NAAN Growing up on stage, I was introduced to makeup at a young age and I will never forget the first tim... LEA MICHELE I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on st... RITA ORA As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's ag... BRITT EKLAND Growing up, when I was at live shows, I was always hoping someone would come out on stage and say, &... JAMES BAY When 'Twin Peaks' happened the first time, I was a stage actor in Seattle. I was called in f... WENDY ROBIE I was in the crowd from '94 through '98. We played in '99 and we've played every year since . . . th... BENJI MADDEN I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just ... BEBE NEUWIRTH Writing-wise, I started when I was 17. Whatever was bothering me, I could just write about it in a s... KIIARA I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchest... ISAAC HAYES My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if t... TRENT REZNOR My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I am 90 years old. When ... VALERIE JUNE I just loved stand-up comics as a kid. I'd watch them on 'The Tonight Show,' and I thoug... KEVIN NEALON And you know what - and I don't mean this in tongue in cheek way - but it's like deja vu. Wh... HULK HOGAN I was doing a show at the Comedy Store which Eddie Izzard saw, and we chatted for a bit afterwards. ... TREVOR NOAH I was just burning, wanting to be on stage. DELTA GOODREM I opened the Woodstock Festival even though I was supposed to be fifth. I said, 'What am I doing... RICHIE HAVENS I grew up listening to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and every record those bands put out was very uniq... KELLIN QUINN The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of ... SYDNEY WAYSER I went to London and was excited to make the team, but to be honest, I was a bit dissatisfied with m... ELOISE WELLINGS When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'J... RITA MORENO At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came ... KEITH EMERSON When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern w... PSY When I have a bad show, I can't wait until I can get back on stage to forget about it. KATE MICUCCI
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I kind of needed a little bit of confidence. My shot didn'... BRETT VALENTYN It's tough to bounce back from that. The shots weren't falling in the beginning and they controlled ... BRETT VALENTYN A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead center, you've got to tip your cap, ... The mistake was... BRETT TOMKO To have him in there will be huge, BRETT TOMKO To have him in there I think is going to be huge. BRETT TOMKO We've had trouble all year scoring runs. Even if he comes up with nobody on, the majority of times h... BRETT TOMKO It's obvious what kind of difference he can make. Even if he doesn't swing the bat, he steps in the ... BRETT TOMKO I think it's obvious what kind of difference he can make. BRETT TOMKO To have him in there will be huge. Obviously, there's a big difference he can make. Even if he's not... BRETT TOMKO If you pitch six or seven innings and give up two runs, you should win those games. BRETT TOMKO He's been around the game long enough that he should be able to read between the numbers, BRETT TOMKO A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead centre, you've got to tip your cap. The mistake was the... BRETT TOMKO The players were focused and in control of their game and deserved this result. But we all know we'v... BRETT TAYLOR We came of age and it's now in our hands to win this league. This was a fully committed performance ... BRETT TAYLOR Even if you think a lot of people are applying [for a particular scholarship], a lot of them aren't.... BRETT TAYLOR I'm disappointed with their try because we should have closed out the game. But after a poor first h... BRETT TAYLOR We'll go over something back and forth, back and forth. And we'll come away from the drill feeling g... BRETT TAYLOR Wayne Robertson is probably a couple of weeks away while Rohan Couch joined in a few drills and shou... BRETT TAYLOR I had a couple of tournaments that I threw away. BRETT STEGMAIER I put a little extra pressure on myself after I won as a freshman. But this weekend I drew on that e... BRETT STEGMAIER We played awesome today. You would think that with us shooting 11-under we would have won. BRETT STEGMAIER [The win] feels really good. I won it as a freshman, so it feels good to start and end with a win. BRETT STEGMAIER I played terribly today. I hit (the ball) bad and putted worse. BRETT STEGMAIER I just played terrible today. I don't want to blame it on [the weather], but it certainly doesn't he... BRETT STEGMAIER I used an 8-iron and I went right at it, but I pulled it. That's the way it goes. BRETT STEGMAIER He played great. He deserved it. BRETT STEGMAIER It's pretty satisfying to for the team to win. I'm glad we hung on. BRETT STEGMAIER Once we took the lead, I knew we were winning the game. BRETT SOMMERVILLE I couldn't have scripted it better. That stuff doesn't happen in life, that's movie stuff. BRETT SOMMERVILLE We started focusing on defense, and really working hard in practice. It was a change from the beginn... BRETT SOMMERVILLE It was huge for us to see him out there playing, and second of all for him to be as effective as he ... BRETT SOMMERVILLE You could just tell that their aggression on defense was better and we didn't handle it very well at... BRETT SOMMERVILLE God, did that put a white streak in my mother's hair! I mean, I ran away from home before it was chi... BRETT SOMERS I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much. BRETT SOMERS In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability. BRETT SOMERS I've just learned more about the human body than anyone would ever care to know. BRETT SOMERS Only the old people write me in longhand! BRETT SOMERS My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Ea... BRETT SOMERS Back then, we wore our own clothes. There were no stylists. I would wear the same pants with differe... BRETT SOMERS