Marty Robbins Quotes

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

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

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy.

I really thrive being onstage.

I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.

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

I have fun on stage, so people think maybe they should, too.

I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.

As soon as I step on that stage, nothing matters. I don't think of it as work. It's just so much fun.

There's just something about being on stage and being with the people that, once that camera turns on, you find the strength to keep it cool, look good, act like you're not cold, act like you ain't nervous, act like you aren't scared. I think that comes with confidence and practice.

I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

I guess I'm a born ham.

I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.

I always go in with the feeling that I'm gonna have a good time in what I'm doing. I entertain myself when I perform. If I do that, then I can see the other performers enjoying my character.

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

I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage.

Every time I go on stage, it's like a first date. I put on my best clothes, shave, and get as handsome as I can. Then I say the cutest things I know to say, and I become the very best Bill Medley I can be because I want to win my date over. My audience is the date that I want to impress every time.

I was always a total ham, but my dad really taught me that.

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

I'm not very good at being a performing monkey.

I love performing, and if I didn't love it, I wouldn't be doing it.

Ever since I was a kid, I loved being up in front of people. I loved making people laugh; I never had any stage fright.

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of people and just speak to them.