Selena Gomez Quotes

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

The talking shows allow me to come out of my cave and that's why those shows go on for so long. I hate walking off stage. Sometimes I walk off and I miss them as I'm walking off the stage. I wonder if they'll let me go another hour. That's why I do it: to communicate, to get points across.

The great risk is always saying, "how will I communicate what I'm trying to get across to a room full of strangers sitting in the dark watching a stage?"

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

I feel so much at home onstage and so comfortable in my body.

I always said put me in front of 40 or 50,000 people and play hockey, I'm comfortable there. Put me in front of 50 people to talk or get in front of, and that's where I'm probably the least comfortable.

You have to open up on stage.

I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

I love my lecture tours. I get up onstage. I have my stack of books and a glass of water and a microphone. No podium, no distance between me and the audience, and I just talk to people and get all excited and tell a lot of jokes, and sing some songs, and read from my work and remind people how powerful they are and how beautiful they are.

I'm much more comfortable singing than talking.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

I'm confident as hell when I step in front of the mic.

I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd.

I feel powerful when I'm onstage talking to an audience. I like communicating; it feels like my calling in the world. Knowing what you're meant to be doing with your life is pretty bloody powerful.

Once you learn how to free up in front of the camera, it's like nothing else.

I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.

Coach K always wanted me to talk more, even when I was in college. That's something I'm going to do as I get older.