Stage Presence Quotes:

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

- Jesse Jackson

topic: Birthday, Family, Christmas, Kid At Heart, Inspirational Parenting

Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Mother, Technology, Stage Presence, Mother Earth

Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.

- Fred Melamed

topic: Running, Eight, Long, Stage Acting, Stage Presence

That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things all the time. Of course there is that type of diva, but my idea of a diva has always been a singer - whether male or female - who gets on that stage and captivates you with their presence and their voice.

- Jordin Sparks

topic: Attitude, Thinking, Ideas, Stage Presence

Evaluate every performance on: stage presence, concentration, delivery, material and lessons learned.

- Franklyn Ajaye

topic: Lesson Learned, Lessons, Stage, Stage Presence

I always feel like the less I think of stage presence, the better, because then I have to face the fact that I have really complicated guitar parts, I'm singing almost all the time, and I have like six pedals I've got to keep on top of

- J. Robbins

source: "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

topic: Thinking, Guitar, Singing, Stage Presence

I am a producer of both rock and New Age music, I generally like all categories of music. In particular, I enjoy Ozzy's stage presence.

- Frederick Lenz

topic: Rocks, Age, Rama, Stage Presence, New Age

When I first started comedy, before I kind of gained any national prominence, I - in a weird way - went back to that. Marc Maron had me on WTF making fun of me about that when I first opened for him. I had this very kind of hip-hop bravado to me, and I realized that now I've let some of that go in my stage presence, that maybe that was because I had dropped that completely from my life, and when I got onstage I sort of rekindled it. And I think now that it was perhaps a defense mechanism that was left over from those days, which I think is kind of interesting.

- Moshe Kasher

source: Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.

topic: Fun, Thinking, Interesting, Stage Presence, Bravado

Sean Chen has been an audience favorite from the early rounds. With his floppy hair and outstanding stage presence combined with an extraordinary technique and musicianship, this is little wonder.

- Gregory Isaacs

topic: Hair, Technique, Littles, Musicianship, Stage Presence

There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.

- Pat Benatar

topic: Beautiful, Taken, Careers, Stage Presence, Beyonce

I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane. And we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities.

- Nicki Minaj

topic: Artist, Thinking, Rapper, Stage Presence

Stage presence is not something I spend a whole lot of time thinking about. On the one hand, I do, because I have, like, favorite front-people and I know what's excited me to see in a band. But I can't be David Yow [Jesus Lizard frontman] and still play guitar.

- J. Robbins

source: "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

topic: Jesus, Thinking, Guitar, Stage Presence