Natalie MacMaster Quotes

Over the course of a day, you get to get a feel for where you're playing, so when you get out on stage, you already feel like you've had a bit of a bonding experience with them.

When you're on stage, the audience becomes your other half. It's the ultimate high you can reach as a musician - an incredible feeling. And no matter where I am it's still the same; there's a reason we call music the universal language.

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

The first time I stepped on stage and I started singing, I knew that I wanted to do it for the rest of my life.

Honestly, it's an insane, weird connection that I really feel with fans instantly when I come out, because I'm still very much a fan myself, and I still can't believe that I get to do this every single day.

That connectivity with the audience that I get to enjoy, that's my church. It's not one of ego or anything like, 'I'm on the stage and the lights.' It's just this connectivity, and it's always been that way for me.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

The most amazing thing is being onstage and watching the audience sing every song lyric for lyric.

When I make eye contact with our fans while playing a gig, I seem to have the most energy.

I had a lot of fun during all the performances, but the most memorable one was 'Born This Way.' Lady Gaga is one of our favorite artists, and I remember the Once in America had the best reaction when we performed that song for them.

I started singing when I was three - my mother would teach me some versions of 'Thirupugazh.' And I loved being on stage.

Eventually, I began singing in various shows. It was then that I started appreciating the breadth and depth of Hindi film music.

I think the thing is we really have a great time playing on stage. I think that people really feel that. So I guess we put on a good show.

Well, I think at first, songs were sort of the vehicle which allowed me to be on the stage and get to hold a guitar and get to sing.

There are some actors who come alive in front of a crowd, and if you've cast it right, there's an energy between cast and audience that can be exhilarating for both parties, then enjoyed by the audience at home.

When you go out on stage and you greet the crowd, there's nothing like it.

I've always liked R.E.M. because, like so many things I like, they exude a warmth; I like to think that we do, too.

With wrestling, you can't describe how that connection with an audience happens. I can't teach anybody how that happens. The bad things that have happened to me in WWE have made that connection stronger.

I love performing, and connecting with an audience never gets old for me.

It's so special to meet people after the show, getting that connection during the actual concert. It creates a stronger bond.

We spent night after night out there learning the art of entertaining a crowd.

Sometimes you really rely on the audience to have a good time playing live, and sometimes you could have zero people or a thousand, and you'd feel exactly the same.

I really love headlining. Opening up is fun - getting to play for all these people who might not know you - but it's so much easier sometimes playing for people who know all your songs: you get that instant feedback.

I've always done stuff on stage, so it feels very natural.

It definitely feels different to perform to people who know your music. Because people's feedback is not just, 'Oh my God, that was amazing. Who are you?'