Karen Elson Quotes

When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

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

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything.

People buy a ticket to see your show, so from the moment I get onstage, I can have no insecurities, because they're already there. You have to get people to listen. If they listen, everything's cool.

I feel like I own the stage.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

The minute you step onstage, you get eight feet taller.

I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a good interview. No one has to tell you. You know it. You feel it. You can feel the air. You can feel everything about it when it's a good show. And you know when you've messed up.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

So you don't have to take us too seriously; I mean, we're already intimidating enough on stage.

Being on stage makes me come to life. When all eyes are on you, they're watching every move you make.

If you don't own the stage, you shouldn't be in rock n' roll.

I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one.

Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously.

Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.

When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.

I can bring a crowd down. There should be a contest for that.

It's really fun to have the spotlight and feel ready for it. Not in a conceited way. But just like, 'Man, I think I'm going to give you what you need.'

I enjoy, always, the feeling of being in front of an audience.

I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd.

I really thrive being onstage.

People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.

I've never been uncomfortable being a frontman.

On camera, the audience can see your eyes close up - they can see behind your eyes - and when you're on stage, you need to make sure that the person sitting in the back row can feel what's happening behind your eyes, even if they can't see them. Having a live audience is exhilarating and exciting all on its own, but you know, it is quite different.