Liza Minnelli Quotes

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

There's the added element of adrenaline if you're performing. You're aware of spatial relationships and the music.

Rock stars are incredibly energizing to me.

I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in choirs and loved to perform, but when I was in college, I went on a study abroad to Trinidad, and while I was there, I sang backup at my first concert.

I think that's what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren't putting on a show, they're legitimately just having a freaking awesome time.

My sister tells me I began singing before I could even talk. My first performance was of a song called 'My Blue Heaven,' which I began singing when I was a year and a half.

Everyone at drama school called me Musical Boy.

When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords to 'You Are My Sunshine.'

I'm a dreamer with lots of energy and a vivid imagination. That's the recipe for becoming an entertainer.

The biggest production show I went to with my step-dad and my mom was Adam Ant when I was probably eleven.

When I was seven, my mom took my twin sister and me to a play. I remember being fascinated about life onstage.

My entire family, we were obsessed with 'Glee,' so when I got an audition, I was freaking out. But I knew exactly what to do, I had watched the show so many times.

Never go dead for a second on stage. Even if you are doing nothing, do it actively.

When I make eye contact with our fans while playing a gig, I seem to have the most energy.

It was when I got to NXT with Dusty Rhodes, being the creative force he was, and told us to bring our most creative side every single week. One of those weeks, I brought the guitar and started telling stories while I played, and it just evolved from there.

I started singing when I was three - my mother would teach me some versions of 'Thirupugazh.' And I loved being on stage.

I'm really impressed every time Kanye comes to perform at 'SNL' because he finds a new way to make that space work for him.

Eventually, I began singing in various shows. It was then that I started appreciating the breadth and depth of Hindi film music.

I think I knew I was going to be a musician for the rest of my life kind of early. When I was in third grade, I was playing in a talent show, and my dad wrote a two- or three-minute boogie-woogie piece. I played it, everybody loved it, and I was like, 'Wow, this is great.'

I have the luxury of having the choice to perform and go up on stage every night.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

Full live performances are always my favorites, and I think a lot of people's favorites too, just because you can feel the energy off the crowd and there's so much more interaction, and just everything overall is just like very hype.

I have always wanted to sing at some point in my life. In fact, when I was shooting for 'Oohalu Gusagusalaade,' I would randomly start singing on the sets, and I even earned a nickname 'Radio' on that film.

I saw Rain dance on TV and decided that I wanted to sing and dance like him.

I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian. I hate coming up with bits to do between songs.