Anne Murray Quotes

Musicians want to be heard. So I'm not hiding. But I do like to leave it there onstage and be myself, in that sense. Because some people carry it with them.

I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that just comes out on stage. If I see people react to me and my music, I just have to give back and express myself.

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

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

Once you learn how to free up in front of the camera, it's like nothing else.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.

I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.

We don't dance because we can't dance. Our shows, production-wise, are always quite minimal. We always try and keep it more about us having fun and stay away from gimmicks.

If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!'

In normal life people say, 'You're so different than on stage!' Offstage I'm down to earth, simple and a very goofy girl... I like to make goofy faces, be dorky and not take things too seriously. I just love to laugh.

I am comfortable performing now. I love it!

I knew from the second I stepped onstage. I was like, yep, this is what I want to do.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Sometimes I get more excited for shows that I know are going to be quieter because it gets me more inspired to be more of a showman and be more of an entertainer and forces me to work harder.

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

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.

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

Even when I was an engineer, I was a comic on my job. At birthday and holiday parties, I was the one scheduling and emceeing. If you work on your gift, and you're good, it will shine through.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.

I'm a performer, so when I get to any space, I make it my own for that moment and have fun.

I play for the audience's pleasure. What I expect from them is not important; it's what they expect from me.

When I go on stage and perform, I'm an extreme version of myself.

You try to stay in the moment and act like you're singing the song for the first time. You try to have a good time yourself. That's the most important thing. If you're having a good time, people will join you.