Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

I feed off the audience a lot, their energy.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to!

The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.

When you're on stage and you got a great audience, that makes the show that much better for the band.

Some guys like myself, we like to play off the crowd.

Standup is more me talking the entire time. There's definitely an exchange of energy because that room, that audience, is giving back.

When I'm on stage, I turn into this rock person. I give everything I have. I sing with emotion, I'm loving it up there, and I think there's a lot of energy. In the same way that I'm open when I speak, I'm that open on stage. I feed off the energy of the audience too, so they're feeling what I'm feeling. And the set up is great - I have two drummers and a bass guy so it's just us four.

I'm at my best when I'm being genuine and sincere, and reading my material straight up to an audience that wants to listen.

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

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.

Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.

The relationship with a live audience seems to me to count for more.

Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.

There's some anxiety the 30 minutes before the show starts. But once you step on stage and face the people, everything goes away, and you have fun and enjoy the audience.

When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's a hum, like the streets.

I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

I love performing in front of a live audience and just stepping out in front of ruddy Royal Albert Hall is just something, I can't describe it.

The stage is one place where you come face to face with your audience, unlike cinemas where you cannot see the applause or the booing by the audience.

I just love engaging a live audience - I love that.