Brett Young Quotes

When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

I love to entertain, I love to make people laugh, cry, and move them, perhaps moving them in their lives.

Nothing is more rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

That's what's amazing about songwriting: you can write a story that everyone connects to.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.

When you walk off the stage, I think the end point is that you enjoyed yourself. I get to say that almost every time - either I made a few new fans or something resonated.

Man, I live out 90 percent of my songs and the other 10 percent... once in a while, I'll put myself in someone else's shoes and try to go down that road.

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.

I really like doing puppetry; I'm not sure if it will find its way into 'Big Bang,' but it always does seem to find its way into a lot of things.

I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well.

The point of theatre is transformation: to make an extraordinary event out of ordinary material right in front of an audience's eyes. Where the germ of the idea came from is pretty much irrelevant. What matters to every theatre maker I know is speaking clearly to the audience 'right now.'

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

I don't have a favorite genre. I love to work and live vicariously through every character. It's all about trying to bring the character to life and get the story across in a way that resonates with the audience. It's always interesting and challenging in a gratifying and unique way.

When I think about how I want to reach an audience, I just wanted to make pieces that were inspired by something that gave me so much pleasure.

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

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