Jenny Lewis Quotes

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.'

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

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.

The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage.

I love, love, love live performance. It's like walking a tightrope without the net. You better be on point; you better be balanced. You better have rehearsed it and seen it from every vantage so you can do what you do best. I do love film because it's up front in your face, and hopefully you've got a great editor.

When you get the rush of live performing, it's hard to give that up.

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

Every time I see a live performance of something, I'm like, 'I want to be doing that!'

You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

I feel like every time I go out, I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.

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.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

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

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.

I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.

I really love live performing!

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.

Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.

I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevitable and logical.

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'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.

When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster ride, responding to other actors, it feeds you.

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

Even when I go do comedy stuff live, I can still feel the drummer in me about to go onstage.

When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.