Idina Menzel Quotes

The performance of Carnatic music is multi-dimensional and layered. A performance is at once an artiste's cathartic process of personal exploration and an open energy exchange with the audience: a release and a conversation.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

You have to transmit to them what it's like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you and not by being like what somebody did last year.

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment.

I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I write. When I put the drill bit inside my heart, sometimes I come up with something light and frothy, sometimes with something deep and painful, but it's great to connect with the audience.

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.

I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.

Music is so much fun because each song is like a film in itself. You get to go from beginning to end and interact and exchange energy with a live audience.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.

Singing is my passion, my first love and the secret of my energy. Music to me is like finding my inner self, my soul. It gives me a great joy to see audiences enjoying with me. I have given my heart to singing. When I sing, I can feel romance in everything around me.

I make music for people to relate to and to connect with me. I want to tap into different emotions.

First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a brilliant actor. But, to me, they're still great vehicles for expression.

When someone gives you a piece of music, they are really giving you a piece of themselves.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

For someone like me, music is all I've ever thought about - playing big shows, and then, when you take something that is based around your music and put it in a completely different medium, it's a really interesting and cool emotion to watch.

I am working on music and telling my personal story and sharing my talent on stage.

I put my all into performing so people can walk away knowing a bit more about me and feel the passion in my story.

Musicians are also interpretive artists and we are just as creative as painters and writers. We interpret in a way that expresses ourselves.