Naturi Naughton Quotes

I would love to do much more singing; it's just one of those things where I can't quite describe what it feels like when you're standing in front of a forty piece orchestra, and there's nothing between you and an audience but a microphone. It's like strapping yourself to a locomotive, and I love it.

I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion.

I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

Feeling emotionally connected to a song, and accumulating every bit of the moment's energy to sing out to the audience is what I believe makes a great performer.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.

Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers. I would love to perform at that level. I love the exchange with the audience. I love being able to sing and dance to express your emotions and the community and friendships that are formed when working on a theater piece.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?

This business is about working. It's really not about glamour. For me, the most glamorous thing about it is to b able to get on stage and perform my music for people. That's the privilege. And that's what all the work leads up to, and that's why it's worth it to me.

When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.

When I sing songs, I love to put emotion into it. I want people to feel what I feel and just disappear for a moment.

Singing involves a great deal of psychology.

Every time I go out on a stage I consider myself very lucky. Because, in a time where people are economically thinking about what to go and see - so, when I am on a stage, and it doesn't matter where I am, that's my favorite show. I come home after and say "That was my favorite show".

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

Acting seems much easier than singing, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off.

I feel like when I go on stage I feel so excited at the prospect that there will be a true connection.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.

Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself.

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.

I remember seeing McCoy Tyner in concert, and thinking that the music was incredible, but wanting to be invited in. I figured that humor was the way of letting the audience in. I've gotten a hard time about it, but I love to be funny onstage.

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