There's no feeling as a musician better than being on stage, sharing music with strangers. People you have never met, singing along, and making that connection with somebody is so awesome.
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ARTHUR GORDON It was awesome, the greatest feeling in the world. You're on top. No one can say they're better than... JEFF LIGGINS That's one of the best feelings ever. To have that many people there that go to school with you chee... HANS ARNESEN The thing that will never go away is that connection you make with a band or a song where you're... DAVE GROHL It's so nice to be part of that. I'm really thankful for just being here and sharing this with every... JENNIFER MCNAMARA The thing with food is that you can give 20 people the same recipe and the same ingredients, and som... DWEEZIL ZAPPA I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many peo... RODNEY KING There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no c... JANE AUSTEN Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled... JIM MORRISON Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled... NEIL GAIMAN It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and... JOEL MCHALE Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much abou... NATURI NAUGHTON Being in love with somebody is a wonderful feeling. SHANE WARNE That of a musician, but a musician playing in small jazz clubs or alone. I do not give concerts. I c... WOODY ALLEN As soon as Andy played that opening lick, the crowd went bananas. Everyone was screaming and singing... WILL SMITH When you're on stage, the audience becomes your other half. It's the ultimate high you can r... LAURA BRANIGAN It never occurred to me that I'd be a musician. I was just drunk on music, jamming with friends,... MOHIT CHAUHAN I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of be... ROBIN WILLIAMS Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds. RICHARD WAGNER It's really about making opportunities for yourself and connecting with people on a more-than-no... GIGI HADID We are in the proposal stage. We have a council subcommittee working through the details on the leng... CLYDE EVANS That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can u... JUDY PARFITT It's rewarding being with these people, making a connection with them, and being able to take them o... JOE ROBERTS I really look forward to putting on a record. I love writing music and think that may be my strong s... JAMES WOLPERT Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever,... EDDIE MARSAN I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musici... ROBERT MOOG You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class ... DONALD TRUMP Rather than demanding that 60 million people sharing music files turn themselves in with a so-called... WENDY SELTZER As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it... KAREN ELSON The great thing is getting to play for 8, 10, 12,000 people every night, ... Stepping out on stage a... GRETCHEN WILSON Making love with strangers is how you get hurt. DOMINIC RICCITELLO I just like being on stage and making people happy. MADISON PETTIS What better job is there? There is no better job. You're actually getting out and playing music, and... ALEX ROGERS There is just something about these kids that just draws you in, ... There is no better feeling than... WENDY WALKER You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is su... JUDY GARLAND It's just so much better than being at school sometimes where you're just so busy with work and some... JOSHUA FREEMAN If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have ... BILLIE BURKE Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past... CAROLINE KENNEDY Bring out others better side and they are more likely to see and support yours. You can't develop po... KARE ANDERSON I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for... VIRGIL THOMSON I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for ... VIRGIL THOMSON I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so... JENNIFER GARNER I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician compla... MOBY My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, th... ELI WALLACH We each have our own language. Our own way of thinking, of talking to ourselves, of making sens... HOLLY SMALE What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink... ZE FRANK There are no strangers in this world, just friends we've never met. UNKNOWN As a child, I heard many warnings from teachers about the perils of talking with strangers. Yet now,... MICHAEL LEUNIG The less people that are on the stage, there's more drama. You start living the music with each ... GREG LAKE I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a s... GEORGE MICHAEL There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. DON HEROLD There is nothing so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have DON HEROLD It's a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places a... JOSHUA ROMAN In musical performances one can sense that the person on stage is having a good time even if they're... DAVID BYRNE With this kind of injury you have to be patient and wait. There is no definitive on whether to opera... DR PETER GREGORY The Internet, and Google, and everything that goes along with that is awesome for some things, but n... ANNELIESE VAN DER POL Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the... NAT KING COLE I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store ... VIRGIL THOMSON There's no better feeling than making your little girls laugh. JERRY O'CONNELL I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not... ALISON GOLDFRAPP I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classica... YANN TIERSEN By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwo... SAFFRON BURROWS Ultimately, making movies is a really, really small world. Being on sets and going to the same locat... TAYLOR HANDLEY What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it... JULIETTE LEWIS Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something bea... STEVE ROLAND PREFONTAINE Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'l... BILLY SHEEHAN Most people look better with their clothes ON, and those ten people who don't look better than you, ... PETER BUCK To sing a duet together means sharing with someone both the pleasure and the responsibility of makin... ANDREA BOCELLI In all my experience along the dirtiest ways of this dirty little world, I have never met with such ... WILKIE COLLINS Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You k... TOMMY CHONG If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to ... LARRY MCMURTRY So with this music, no singing, it might be like the level of a power sander or chain saw. LEISHA EITEN I am so happy with myself; it's an awesome feeling. KIMMIE MEISSNER And if you're singing to someone, or if they're singing along, and suddenly you're in ha... JASON MRAZ My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on to... MOBY It's an honor to have this job and, to me, the greatest thing is to be up on stage and to feel that ... RICHARD THOMPSON Nathan is probably the closest friend I have in the music world. He's the most supportive and caring... ERIC CLAPTON My life is singing. I don't plan on retiring. I plan to die on a stage. I can have a headache but wh... CELIA CRUZ In the early days, I might have gotten on stage and begun to sing as a desperate attempt to communic... DAVID BYRNE Theres no way to be successful in music and be debauched. GREG KOCH When you take on a role, even if the character is somebody that you are dissimilar to, you have to i... JESSE EISENBERG I'm interested in food and sharing my passion with a community of like-minded people. All of the... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better ... GRAEME SIMSION I really think that you have to find a partner that compliments you and is somebody that pushes you ... ASHTON KUTCHER I was asked to sing with Mavis Staples on a gospel compilation called 'Oh Happy Day.' And, y... PATTY GRIFFIN If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, collea... CATE BLANCHETT Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there. C.S. LEWIS Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there. CALVIN & HOBBES Being sad with the right people is better than being happy with the wrong ones. PHILIPPOS Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forwa... TERRY GOODKIND
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