Steve Marriott Quotes

My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.

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.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

I feel real confidence in working on the stage.

Onstage I'm the happiest person in the world.

I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

For me, performing isn't really particularly difficult.

One think that you notice about anyone that gets up on stage is that they don't really have a lot of self-awareness. It's kind of a trait that performers don't have because you just kinda just have to let go and do whatever you want to do on stage.

Performing is fine.

I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.

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.

My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage, and straight onto the stage. Two minutes, and I am on the stage. That way, in my head I have gone from my world and then into a social setting with my friends.

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

I think on stage there's a side of me that comes out that's very fierce and confident.

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.

I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.

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 feel like I own the stage.

The minute you step onstage, you get eight feet taller.

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.

You have to open up on stage.

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