Dan Smith Quotes

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.

Performing live in front of an audience is such a matter of will - all of those things you can do just fine in your basement, suddenly you have to do them in front of hundreds or thousands of people, and it becomes a different matter entirely.

Once you step on that stage, to me, that's where I feel most comfortable - performing live. So that's something would do each and every day of my life if I could.

Playing a stadium is a big adrenaline boost for me and I dig it. It keeps me on my toes and makes me revamp everything I'm doing and not get stagnant with how I approach every show, which is something I like.

Once I'm on stage, the energy of the crowd wipes my nerves away.

The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.

My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

Performing in front of an audience gives you an extra ten per cent energy and the chance to react to the instant feedback.

When you get the rush of live performing, it's hard to give that up.

Live performances are exhilarating, especially when performing for a young crowd.

When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

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

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I can never stand in one place on stage for more than a minute and am always singing, dancing and jumping.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

You've got to be like a fan at your show, just wild out. I make eye contact. I get in the crowd and kick it with 'em, stage dive, mosh. I make 'em laugh. I go out there and turn up, have fun. There's no set list; I don't have rehearsals.

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

I really love live performing!

Being on stage makes me come to life. When all eyes are on you, they're watching every move you make.