Martin Garrix 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.

All the fans being here got my adrenaline going. I definitely got a burst of energy from them.

I don't really unwind after a performance. I'm still pumped up and just want to get back on stage.

Honestly, I get energized by the crowds. They feed me emotionally.

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

Going onstage - that's my joy. You know like when you're in school and you're just waiting for the bell to go off so you can leave the class and go and play outside? That's me in life.

I always used to get goosebumps in Madison Square Garden, because as soon as I started making my entrance, people would be chanting my name. 'BRU-NO! BRU-NO!'

Obviously, Iron Maiden is on a way bigger scale to British Lion, but as a musician playing live, it's just the adrenaline rush of playing in front of an audience that gives you that rush.

It feels really good when you get offstage and feel like the audience gave everything they have.

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.

When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.

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.'

When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.

I feel energized walking off stage.

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.

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.

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

I get so much energy from the fans.

You can't explain the feeling of singing hit songs to an audience - it's like being a genuine sports star at the peak of their powers.

But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.

It's the adrenaline rush you only get from being in front of an audience. It's addictive.

That's kind of fuse for the show - those first 10-15 seconds you're onstage. The curtain drops and you see the crowd for the first time and they see you for the first time. The response and the energy that's going on right there - to me, that sets the tone for the rest of the night.

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.

I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.