Jamie Hince 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.

When you go onstage, the process of getting you from the dressing room to the stage is all about ego.

I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

I really love live performing!

The more you perform and get out there, I guess the more practice you have at it and the better you are and the more comfortable you are on stage.

Being on stage a lot is quite physical.

If I had my way, I'd always be onstage. But I won't always be able to be onstage.

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.

I like to feel the same when I'm on stage and when I'm not.

I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage.

I would say I locked into my persona pretty early; I wouldn't say it's how I am naturally, but it's how I am naturally when I'm on a stage in front of people. That anxiety makes me be the character that I am.

I'm a different guy on stage.

One think that you notice about anyone that gets up on stage is that they don't really have a lot of self-awareness. It's kind of a trait that performers don't have because you just kinda just have to let go and do whatever you want to do on stage.

Sometimes I might be sleepy, and sometimes I've literally been sleeping backstage, woken up, gone straight on stage or gone crazy. It's not like I psyche myself; I don't do any of that.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.

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.

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.