George Ezra Quotes

I went from a playing in a bar on a bar stool for free beer and tip money, where people weren't paying attention to me, to now I've got their attention. It's up to me to what I feed them with my music. It's up to me how I do that. I've put a lot of thought into how great the songs are, and how I want people to perceive me.

I still get surprised that people don't know that I sing.

I started performing in college, but I wasn't writing a lot.

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

The thing that fuels me the most is the desire to be on stage. And singing is the ultimate way of expressing all the emotions that I have inside.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

In real life, you just work for the ordinary self, but in the front of audience you become the superself. That's a completely different thing.

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

I've been this voice of a lot of upbeat dance tracks, but people don't really know me.

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

Rock stars are good at making noise.

'm not saying I would never do acting again, because I love it, but there really is nothing compared to getting up in front of people and singing your music.

I've gotten used to being Frank Ocean.

I want to express my ideas through my music and on stage because I'm a musician.

Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs, it's a surreal moment for me.

I had to learn very quickly how to perform, how to act, how to look, to always say what I wanted to say in my songs.

Dancers are not like movie actresses. People look at our bodies, not our faces. They only recognise me when I sign my name on something and they say, 'Ah yes, Sylvie.'

There is nothing like the buzz of singing one of your songs during a show and hearing your fans singing with you.

I want to show people that I'm not just that guy who can get out there and scream 'Hooligan's Holiday' and 'Smoke The Sky.'

I think that it's crucial. I think that playing live, if you want to be an artist - that's what artists do.

I was able to tour successfully and attract a fairly wide audience, but it was hard to assert myself as a stand-up because people were more familiar with me as a TV character.

Headliners, no matter the genre, usually are a person or band who has an ethos.

I love doing concerts, and I think my songs get another expression and energy when they are being played live.

It used to be enough for me to get on stage and sing. I kind of crave the performance part now. I write knowing it's going to happen, which I didn't do before.