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Performer Quotes

It’s never like we’re up there being miserable at work, that’s not something that happens for us. We love our work. So, when the performer loves what they’re doing, it’s easy for us to love what we’re doing Picture Quote #1

I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I’m just constantly looking for new things to try. I’m really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations Picture Quote #1

As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music Picture Quote #1

And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it’s very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with Picture Quote #1

A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer - a place like that isn’t necessarily in demand anymore Picture Quote #1

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over-animation. One can either see or be seen Picture Quote #1

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One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded ‘Sing Me Softly of the Blues’ and ‘Ad Infinitum’ Picture Quote #1

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad’s wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, What do you want to be when you grow up? I said, A comedian. And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing Picture Quote #1

For a performer, passion is far more important than technical skills. If a dancer’s leg isn’t at a perfect angle, I can see past that, but if someone’s dead in the face, it’s really boring Picture Quote #1

I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn’t be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be Picture Quote #1

Comedy clubs have brick walls behind the performer. Bricks make you funny. When I’m in front of a fireplace, I’m hilarious Picture Quote #1

My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, ‘No, I don’t want to!’ she was like, ‘You’re going to be a performer, you need to see other people.’ Picture Quote #1

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I think on a bucket list for a performer is definitely doing a stage show, whether it’s in Vegas or on Broadway or whatever Picture Quote #1

In 92, I got my first Broadway show as a performer - ‘Crazy for You.’ I was in the ensemble. In fact, I was in eight Broadway shows as a dancer. Seven of them were original shows. That’s how I learned to create something from the ground up Picture Quote #1

I live in Nashville, and I love to sing. When I’m on stage, I feel like a performer for sure. I know people are looking at me and taking pictures and singing along, and that part’s wonderful, but I do live in Nashville. I live the most boring life away from what you see me on camera doing Picture Quote #1

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer Picture Quote #1

If I could perform on stage with any musical act or performer, it would be Sugar Ray, just to fulfill my childhood dream of singing with Mark McGrath Picture Quote #1

Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer, the hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor Picture Quote #1

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I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I’m 80 Picture Quote #1

That’s the most comfortable place for me. In the beginning, yes, I was nervous going on stage. I was not a natural performer. I really had to acquire that skill Picture Quote #1

I definitely wouldn’t be the performer I am today if the gay audience had not been so supportive of me as a complete unknown Picture Quote #1

Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It’s why I do what I do. Other things, like recording, are satisfying, but they’re not the same. I love the connection I get with the audience when I’m sitting behind that piano Picture Quote #1

What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he’s become a different person Picture Quote #1

Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There’s a connection because there’s a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in Picture Quote #1

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I dropped the ‘Bundy’ with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There’s me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there’s me as a Broadway performer Picture Quote #1

When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though Picture Quote #1

Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her genius as a performer will have to be taken on faith - and on the always-suspect evidence of film. What will last, if things go well, is her genius as a choreographer, as a woman of the theater Picture Quote #1

I love being a performer. It’s like a hole that never closes. It’s something in you that never dies Picture Quote #1

It’s difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer - but then it’s difficult in any industry Picture Quote #1

I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn’t intervened, I’d still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law Picture Quote #1

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It’s never like we’re up there being miserable at work, that’s not something that happens for us. We love our work. So, when the performer loves what they’re doing, it’s easy for us to love what we’re doing. (Performer Quotes) I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I’m just constantly looking for new things to try. I’m really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations. (Performer Quotes) As a live stand-up comedy performer, I have the benefit of choosing real entrance music (Performer Quotes) And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it’s very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with. (Performer Quotes) A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer - a place like that isn’t necessarily in demand anymore. (Performer Quotes) Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over-animation. One can either see or be seen. (Performer Quotes) One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded ‘Sing Me Softly of the Blues’ and ‘Ad Infinitum’. (Performer Quotes) I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad’s wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, What do you want to be when you grow up? I said, A comedian. And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing... (Performer Quotes) For a performer, passion is far more important than technical skills. If a dancer’s leg isn’t at a perfect angle, I can see past that, but if someone’s dead in the face, it’s really boring. (Performer Quotes) I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn’t be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be. (Performer Quotes) Comedy clubs have brick walls behind the performer. Bricks make you funny. When I’m in front of a fireplace, I’m hilarious. (Performer Quotes) My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, ‘No, I don’t want to!’ she was like, ‘You’re going to be a performer, you need to see other people.’ (Performer Quotes) I think on a bucket list for a performer is definitely doing a stage show, whether it’s in Vegas or on Broadway or whatever. (Performer Quotes) In 92, I got my first Broadway show as a performer - ‘Crazy for You.’ I was in the ensemble. In fact, I was in eight Broadway shows as a dancer. Seven of them were original shows. That’s how I learned to create something from the ground up. (Performer Quotes) I live in Nashville, and I love to sing. When I’m on stage, I feel like a performer for sure. I know people are looking at me and taking pictures and singing along, and that part’s wonderful, but I do live in Nashville. I live the most boring life away from what you see me on camera doing. (Performer Quotes) I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer. (Performer Quotes) If I could perform on stage with any musical act or performer, it would be Sugar Ray, just to fulfill my childhood dream of singing with Mark McGrath. (Performer Quotes) Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer, the hero now was the performer, and especially the conductor. (Performer Quotes) I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I’m 80. (Performer Quotes) That’s the most comfortable place for me. In the beginning, yes, I was nervous going on stage. I was not a natural performer. I really had to acquire that skill. (Performer Quotes) I definitely wouldn’t be the performer I am today if the gay audience had not been so supportive of me as a complete unknown. (Performer Quotes) Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It’s why I do what I do. Other things, like recording, are satisfying, but they’re not the same. I love the connection I get with the audience when I’m sitting behind that piano. (Performer Quotes) What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he’s become a different person. (Performer Quotes) Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There’s a connection because there’s a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in. (Performer Quotes) I dropped the ‘Bundy’ with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There’s me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there’s me as a Broadway performer. (Performer Quotes) When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though. (Performer Quotes) Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her genius as a performer will have to be taken on faith - and on the always-suspect evidence of film. What will last, if things go well, is her genius as a choreographer, as a woman of the theater. (Performer Quotes) I love being a performer. It’s like a hole that never closes. It’s something in you that never dies. (Performer Quotes) It’s difficult to be a mother and maintain a career as a performer - but then it’s difficult in any industry. (Performer Quotes) I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn’t intervened, I’d still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law. (Performer Quotes)

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