Brittany Howard Quotes

When I am on stage, I feel completely free and just want to let go.

I liked theatre because I could hide behind a role I was playing, but now, I just love being on stage. I don't pretend that I'm anyone else, I just show my full range when I am up there, and it's very liberating.

When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to... I finally feel like myself.

Me in my music and onstage - that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.

In front of a big group of people, in front of cameras, to be in my body and be in that moment, I feel the way that I've always wanted to feel - like a real pop star who is not holding anything back.

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

I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I think and the lines get blurred, but I can only hope that some kind of absolute power transcends.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

I love my lecture tours. I get up onstage. I have my stack of books and a glass of water and a microphone. No podium, no distance between me and the audience, and I just talk to people and get all excited and tell a lot of jokes, and sing some songs, and read from my work and remind people how powerful they are and how beautiful they are.

This is what I believe about performing: There is no reason to be on stage - there is no reason to be there - if you're not going to put all your baggage somewhere else and just be honest. Whatever you're doing - screw it up, do great - just be there, and be honest. That's the most important thing.

It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That's when I felt the most comfortable, because I could do anything I wanted to and say anything I wanted to, even if people didn't laugh.

The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.

I am no longer afraid to say anything.

I've been getting in trouble my whole life and I really don't care what anybody thinks of what I do on stage as a comic.

Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.

I feel sexy when I'm doing what I love - like when I'm singing or performing or something - that's when I feel the most in control and in my element.

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

For me, to be on television and not be afraid of making a mistake is freeing.

I want to be able to deliver the kind of show that I want - to go onstage with my chin held up.

I feel like I grow wings on stage.

Self-awareness is a character trait that's horrible to have if you're a performer. I think that a lot of these performers that we see get up on stage and play music, there's a sense of them truly not caring how they're coming across. They are just themselves. I look up to a lot of people who are like that.

I love to perform and express myself to inspire people.

On stage, I feel like I'm invincible, like nothing bad can happen. I can be myself. I feel like I shrink when I'm off stage.

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