Syd Quotes

I think it's really, really good for me to be on stage once a year. It keeps your chops good. There's nothing else like it.

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.

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

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.

As much as we like to pretend we're just getting on stage and whatever, it's like, no, I practiced in front of the mirror my whole life.

Performing live is a part of who I am.

My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at it pretty quick, and I learned my songs and how to play them.

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.

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.

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.

If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.

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

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.

You have to open up on stage.

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.

There's just something about being on stage and being with the people that, once that camera turns on, you find the strength to keep it cool, look good, act like you're not cold, act like you ain't nervous, act like you aren't scared. I think that comes with confidence and practice.

I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.

I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment.

There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.

It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.

I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.

Being a dancer and a singer gave me some advantage with regards to having a stage presence. I always take my timing from the audience because they are half of my act.

Performing live is easy in front of an audience.