Dan Smith Quotes

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people!

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

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.

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

I'm most comfortable on stage.

Playing in front of a crowd is something you learn. You accept it and then you start to relish it.

If you can sing to a room of 60 people who don't give a damn, then if, someday, you're playing to people who really want to hear your music, that's not hard.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

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.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.

I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.

My mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are.

Being on stage makes me come to life. When all eyes are on you, they're watching every move you make.

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.

I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'