Applauding Crowd Quotes

It's really nice meeting people after a concert. Still, it's very weird to be at the center of a group of 30 people all listening to what you're saying. When that group turns into 300 people, it goes on from weird. Some people revel in it, and I don't.

The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.

I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.

At a grand evening service in a church, my concerto created such a furor that the worshippers rushed out to keep the crowd outside the church quiet.

You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving you.

It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.

I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.

I always say I want to die on the eighth curtain call. Eight will mean the show's been rather a success.