Sheila E. Quotes

If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting.

I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celebrity, but at the end of the day I want to empower my audience and say, 'Hey, I am just like you.'

I've always felt from everyone I talk to that the fans feel like I'm tangible and they can talk to me and they know me.

We live in a bubble sometimes, and you can get out of touch with your fans. You go to the studio, you come home. But coming to Comic-Con is a real opportunity to connect with the people that made your show happen and are responsible for its continued success. It's really humbling.

I always try to make myself be very approachable and easy to talk to, so hopefully people will feel that they can approach me.

I want to relate to my fans as much as possible.

If you snap off people's heads and get on to a kind of a pedestal, it's more difficult for people to approach you. It's much easier if you are down there with them. They will talk to you.

I am very conscious of the fact I am in people's living rooms every day, and they feel like they know me.

It's very important for me to try to get to the people. I'm not shy. It's nice to give the fans a little extra, to let them inside.

I want my fans to be able to approach me in public and not think that I'm some robot who only exists online.

The most important and common thing is to be able to connect with your fans. If you can't live life, then you can't connect with the fans.

I realised it was very important to show the fans that I'm a normal person.

I don't ever wanna come across too intimidating, so as long as I look like you can come up and give me a hug, that's good.

The last thing I'd learn, well into my career, was how to get on, how to say hello, how to get in with the audience.

I hate to toot my own horn but I just feel that I know people and I know fans and I don't feel there is that Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt barrier with me. I've always felt from everyone I talk to that the fans feel like I'm tangible and they can talk to me and they know me.

I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else.

Connecting with people is not hard. I love the interaction and the feedback after shows. It does take some time, but the fans appreciate it which makes it worth it.

Unlike the LeBrons and A-Rods of the world, anointed as special from pre-K, Matt Leinart exudes an approachability rarely seen in superstars. It's why kids on the autograph line chat him up like a buddy with whom they could stay up late playing Xbox.

It's amazing when I do a gig how many people of different ages come up to me afterwards and chat to me about songs. The emotions I feel are what any person can relate to. Sometimes I'm just a narrator.

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.

I don't want to be unapproachable.

I'm fairly accessible.

It's nice to be able to let the fans know that you're around and say 'Hi.'

It's nice to be able to engage with this fan base that I've worked to build, brick by brick.

Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable.