Saara Aalto Quotes

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

I am working on my nightclub act, definitely want to do more singing.

I love people who go on stage and blossom like a weird flower.

My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at it pretty quick, and I learned my songs and how to play them.

I've really improved, I think, as far as just being able to get up onstage with my guitar and sing.

I discovered that I love being on stage in high school.

Every night on stage it gets more and more comfortable. I think it really shows in the performances and just being able to revel in it and do it and live the dream I've thought about for so long.

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.

Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.

I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, something just went 'click' inside me. Suddenly I wasn't shy anymore. Instead I felt confident and happy. I can remember the enormous sense of relief it gave me. I loved the feeling of making people laugh.

I've realized that I can do performances.

I'm nervous the first few songs, and then I'm like, 'I got this audience. I'm ready!'

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don't get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.