Kiesza Quotes

My music and my fan base is really built off of my lifestyle.

For me, getting my personality across is so important in getting that connection for people that enjoy my music.

They say the best wrestling gimmicks are a heightened version of yourself and that's me!

When I started making music, I figured the name Rico Nasty would give a background of who I am.

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.

I don't do anything specific for the stage. I'm just myself. I can't stand still for five seconds. I'm normally quite active, so that just comes out on stage. If I see people react to me and my music, I just have to give back and express myself.

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.

I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it's important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall to bring the music and the visuals together. I love design and actually went to school for a bit for graphic design, so it isn't so much 'pressure' for me; it's a way to be creative, and I really enjoy it.

Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.

I may have a little bit of a talent for music, but I've learnt to tap into my own self when I write. When I put the drill bit inside my heart, sometimes I come up with something light and frothy, sometimes with something deep and painful, but it's great to connect with the audience.

People like the shows I do. I want to be real, to have fun, even when I dance on stage... it's a buzz.

When I write a book... it's the same essential approach to music as with books. It has to be something I want to hear or read. Hopefully the audience comes along, since that's the only way you can write righteously. I have to ask, 'What do I want to hear?' not 'What do people want to hear?'

With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

I don't know what else I would do. I love entertaining people, I love communicating, I love an audience. I'm a real artist, right from the bottom of my toes to the top of my head.

These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But I do know what experience is.

I've been getting in trouble my whole life and I really don't care what anybody thinks of what I do on stage as a comic.

I would rather be on stage playing to 25 people with a band I love and the music I love than learning dance moves I don't want to do for 25,000 people.

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.

I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audience in a direct way.

It's one thing to turn up and jump around stage and give people a good time - that's obviously a big part of this - but I'll always get deeper than that as an artist.

I feel like so much of what we give on stage is a musical gift to our fans, but we also wanna bring more depth to our shows if we can and do something empowering.

I think that's what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren't putting on a show, they're legitimately just having a freaking awesome time.

You have to be dope; you have to find an audience and reach that audience with your identity and your message.