Taylor Swift Quotes

Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excites me. It's one of the songs that audiences know all the lyrics to, and they sing along with me, and it makes me so happy. People also know my songs 'Holding out for a Hero' and 'Lost in France,' and this gives me so much joy on stage.

The thing I get out of it is the connection. I remember going to shows as a kid and meeting eyes with the people in the band, and knowing they are meeting eyes with you, and that moment, that smile, and that's your moment. I want to create millions of little moments for other people.

I went to a Katy Perry concert, and I experienced pure bliss for the first time in my life.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

To go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic.

I appreciate an audience that reacts to the music, even if they jump on stage and try to beat us up, I think that's a fantastic reaction. I think that they're really hearing something then.

I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

When I play live, it's a conversation that we're all having with the song, and the audience... their response and relationship with the songs is as valid as my relationship with the songs.

Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete.

There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.

It still amazes me how many musicians aren't really interested in engaging with their audience at all. Alfred Brendel, a pianist for whom I have the greatest respect, has described performance as a sacred communion between the artist and the composer. But what about the audience? Music is communication, a two-way street.

I just don't like looking at the crowd and seeing them just staring and listening to the music. When I get them involved, whatever type of music I'm playing, they leave there feeling better.

I love being in a room in front of an audience who cares about the music, who knows the music, and who has lived with the music. It's kind of like an experience you share. I'm on stage performing it, but they're singing the words, too.

I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does.

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

Every time we play our music in clubs, there's such a strong reaction.

It's an honour when your audience sings along, more than they listen to you at a live gig.

I’m not a scholar or a psychologist, so I don’t really think about why. But I do think about what it means to sing to and with people, to offer music to them, and to ask them to spend time with me.

I'm closest to the music when I'm onstage with the band, playing.

Fulfilling your ultimate childhood wish is a surreal experience.

I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show.

All our fans have great energy, and that's where we get our energy to perform. They know how to have fun with our music.

'Shooting Star' started out as the arrangement on the record, and it's developed into a real audience-participation song, just from playing it.

Theater can be elusive and poetic, but it doesn't thrive when it doesn't reach an audience.

I would love to perform with Rihanna. That's one of my biggest dreams.