Tiny Tim Quotes

There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.

I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.

Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile.

I just wanted to perform all day, every day.

It's funny, the only song I didn't want to do originally was 'Oh So Quiet.' And it was the best performance and changed the game for me.

I'm always going to need to play in front of people.

I played my first show when I was 17, and that was a big moment. I realized it was something I could keep doing.

I love singing, and whenever I can sing some more vocal leads, I always covet the chance.

My first live performance was when I was in the military. I went to some bar, and they had open mics. You could just sign up and perform. Nobody cared. Nobody liked it.

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.

Logistically, working on a television show and hitting your mark and leaning to your right and knowing where the camera is - I literally felt like I was on another planet.

I've dreamt lucidly about how my Broadway debut would go and what that would feel like, but I know that I can't be prepared for that.

The Apollo Theatre was a difficult audience, and if they didn't like you, they would let you know. Luckily, they liked me.

I used to go to auditions, mainly for talent competitions like 'Opportunity Knocks.'

I knew that if I just came out as a singer, people would just be criticizing my voice.

My biggest worry is that we have to keep making good music, and I want to do well, but I wonder if I will be able to.

Musicians want to be heard. So I'm not hiding. But I do like to leave it there onstage and be myself, in that sense. Because some people carry it with them.

If you start badly, and the crowd get on your case, there is no way back. But if you start well and your confidence is high all that booing becomes music to your ears.

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

Quite often, when I am recording a song or getting ready for a concert, I pray.

I learned all I have to do is sing the best music I know how and put on the best show I know how and just relax with it and people enjoy it.

Every single time I perform 'River,' I just feel a huge rush of adrenaline and energy, and I remember writing it.

I really loved being able to perform my songs and sing them myself.

I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian. I hate coming up with bits to do between songs.

As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast.