Hollie Cavanagh Quotes

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.

If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.

All my friends are usually at festivals... I just have so much adrenaline running, I literally could run a marathon after my shows.

I'm not the first one to say it, but that time onstage is a heightened sense of present tense.

When you've got that performing bug, there's no way that you can tear it out. It's there. When you go out on stage, and that first wave of applause comes, you just go, 'Wow.'

When you get the rush of live performing, it's hard to give that up.

When you have had the high of being on stage, especially in a band like ourselves, I can't help but search for that buzz.

It doesn't matter how tired I am; I will always still be happy. As soon as you go onstage, you get adrenaline. You hear the crowd: they're screaming your name. They have posters. The energy gives you energy.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

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

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it.

For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not gonna be perfect - that's the thrill of it.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over.

I still get thrilled by the energy that is a live performance, the fear and the panic and the electricity that happens on the night. I think jolting myself every once in a while with that fear is a good thing for me.

The thrill of performing - that's something that hasn't changed for me. That simultaneous joy of creating something and sharing it with an audience - it's the same now as it was then, when it was just my cousins' birthday party.

The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.

I used to get so carried away while I was on stage that I'd be physically damaged by the end of a concert.

I miss physically going out on stage and performing. That's the ultimate high.

The adrenaline is like nothing else. You might be tired or whatever else, but when you get on that stage and see people reacting there's nothing like it. It's a bit god-like - that feeling that nothing can feel better.

Performing in front of an audience gives you an extra ten per cent energy and the chance to react to the instant feedback.

I like that raw energy that I get from an audience.

Live performances are exhilarating, especially when performing for a young crowd.

When I perform live, I'm doing a lot, but I kind of black out. I don't think about it too much.

The adrenaline of performing live in front of an audience is a feeling that's hard to replicate.