Performers Quotes - Page 17

• I was never really a writer, I was always more of a performer.

  Mick Ronson

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• I wasn't really a performer by temperament.

  Tom Lehrer

  Temperament

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• A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one and only reality. In such cases we have a sense in which the performer comes to be his own audience; he comes to be performer and observer of the same show. Presumably he introcepts or incorporates the standards he attempts to maintain in the presence of others so that even in their absence his conscience requires him to act in a socially proper way.

  Erving Goffman

  Taken, Reality, May

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• Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech, freedom of religious thought, and the right to due process for composers, performers and retailers are imperiled if the PMRC and the major labels consummate this nasty bargain.

  Frank Zappa

  Religious, Writing, Law

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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• I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a performer and a recording artist, that I wasn't saying anything.

  Boz Scaggs

  Artist, Retrospect, Strings

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• The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show youre a great performer.

  Mark V. Hurd

  Easier, Shows, I Can

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• I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach again and he told me I didn't have to do things like that. He made me an honest woman on the stage. I have been performing in that tradition since. I feel that I'm a serious performer now whereas then I wanted to be but I didn't know how.

  Abbey Lincoln

  Music, New York, Unhappy

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• Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I've ever coached had ego to spare.

  Bill Walsh

  Strong, People, Ego

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• I must say Ive always composed music from the point of view of the performers.

  Walter Piston

  Views, Point Of View

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• I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  People, Needs, Sculpture

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• The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change.

  John Monks

  Europe, People, Use

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• Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers.

  Cub Koda

  Artist, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes.

  Lawrence Welk

  Voice, Quality, Attributes

  Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1971). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”, Prentice Hall Direct

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• I'm a total performer.

  Aaliyah

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• I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.

  Paloma Faith

  Girl, Vegas, Inspired

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• I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

  Paloma Faith

  Years, Age, Four

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• A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime.

  Renee Fleming

  House, Opera, Want

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• Although I'm predominantly known for game-shows, I do prefer to be known as a performer.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Games, Shows, Known

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• I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.

  Lady Gaga

  Destiny, My Destiny

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• Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

  Lady Gaga

  Thinking, Musical, Standpoint

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• When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills.

  Daniel Goleman

  Strong, Book, Writing

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• It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

  Ellie Goulding

  Artist, Musician, Reputation

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

  Ellie Goulding

  Play, Long, Safe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

  David Hasselhoff

  Needs, Want

  "Hasselhoff hopes for retro 'Knight Rider' film". Interview with Alicia Rancilio, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. November 09, 2012.

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• You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Air, Spinning Plates, Guy

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