Robert Sheehan Quotes

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

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

You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

I am so excited to perform; I am so ready to perform; I love live performances! I think it's something so different from a track; live is just so unique and cool because the energy is just so different. I cannot wait to have live performances.

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.

I really love live performing!

I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs and stuff - not a natural gig-er.

I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.

Being a dancer and a singer gave me some advantage with regards to having a stage presence. I always take my timing from the audience because they are half of my act.

I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

Nothing is real until you walk out on stage.

When you see a band, you want to see characters.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

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

Performing on stage is addictive. The adrenaline rush is exhilarating. When I stop touring for a couple weeks, I get antsy.

I grew up on the side of the stage. I never had a fear of an audience. I never felt like they were separated from us. We were all in the living room, and it happens to be a big living room. I continue to operate on that assumption.

I was in a band when I was in high school, and I was bitten by the performance bug, if anything else.

I've always enjoyed acting, and there's more than a degree of it involved in singing live on stage.

I love performing live: it's my very favorite thing to do.

There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to entertain them, touch them in some way.

For me, it's always this constant battle and search when I'm out on stage as to where and when do I really open myself up to the people that are there. How do I let myself feel present in the space, and how do I allow myself to get into the music and interact with the band members.