Brittany Howard Quotes

I could never go onstage in denims.

Probably from, like, my freshman year of high school, I had this desire to perform and also be involved in the show business industry.

I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.

I didn't really start performing until high school. My whole family is actually in the business, and started in the business in Chicago, so I was going to shows when I was a teeny-tiny kid, but I didn't really start performing until high school.

I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.

I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while.

In my heart and soul, I always knew that I wanted to be in show business.

This business is about working. It's really not about glamour. For me, the most glamorous thing about it is to b able to get on stage and perform my music for people. That's the privilege. And that's what all the work leads up to, and that's why it's worth it to me.

I used to perform all the time but I haven't performed in New York in a very long time.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.

I do not work out regularly, but I do dance so much and jump around so much on stage, and I do it every day, so I feel like that's my exercise.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

I've taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show.

There is nothing I enjoy more than doing my show.

I know it's cliche, but after the first show, I knew I liked singing, being on stage, making people happy. It just felt natural.

I don't know how to explain it, but ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I wanted to perform.

I am somebody who is very comfortable on stage because I have been performing since childhood. I have done a lot of public events as well, though there is a huge difference in my performances today and the ones from my childhood, as earlier, I used to sing bhajans.

That's been my goal since I was a child and saw the Spice Girls on TV: I was like, I want to wear those fancy outfits and sing my heart out on a big stage.

Every night on stage it gets more and more comfortable. I think it really shows in the performances and just being able to revel in it and do it and live the dream I've thought about for so long.

I feel so at home on the stage, and I love making people happy with my music. Whatever I have to go through to make that happen and get that sunshine is worth it.

I was always active on stage - taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays.

When I was about nine or 10, I was on a few random talent shows in shopping malls.

I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for me. My mom likes to joke that until I was eight or nine I only knew what my sneakers looked like because I constantly walked around with my head down. But all of a sudden the stage made sense and that's what brought me out of my shell and a monster was created.

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can.

I would like to be going all over the kingdom...and acting everywhere. There's nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you, one sea of delightful faces, one hurrah of applause!