Dominic Fike Quotes

Playin' bass runs and singin' lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!

I want to grow as a vocalist, and I want to really kill every single show and just become better.

I've really improved, I think, as far as just being able to get up onstage with my guitar and sing.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I still play the guitar and piano, but hardly ever in public.

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become.

Performing live was something that I had to really work at.

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

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

I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.

Once you've experienced the warmth of an audience, the achievement of getting your first laugh, and entertaining them, singing or playing piano, it just keeps it all going.

I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.

I started playing guitar when I was 14 and eventually gained the confidence to start singing a little bit.

Well, I think at first, songs were sort of the vehicle which allowed me to be on the stage and get to hold a guitar and get to sing.

On stage, it's very naked. There's a reason you shake your knees. You're very vulnerable, cos it's just you, your body is the instrument. But I always had confidence in my voice, if I had the right song, the right words to sing.

I always knew I wanted to be a performer. I started playing when I was in third grade, but I wasn't very good at all.

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.

Singing didn't really come naturally to me, I don't think. I had to really work at it. I just kept singing. I never was really worried about it, though, because I was writing songs, and that was the most important thing to me.

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.

When we first started playing in the early days, none of us really had any idea about writing our own songs yet. We were struggling how to learn our instruments and play songs to be able to perform for people.

When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff until you really thrashed at it for a few weeks.

I started playing the guitar and singing at about 11 or 12.

I've realized that I can do performances.

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.