I love to play gigs.

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

— Michael Ironside

When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every…

— Julian Casablancas

I learned so much about playing and touring being on the road and in the studio with Jeff, but I'd always played a lot…

— Kenny G

I didn't get paid for my first gig supporting Usher Raymond in the Temple in Tottenham when I was 17 or 18. I bugged…

— Lemar

Athens, much like Austin, is a difficult music scene. There are so many musicians there that it is hard to get gigs and hard…

— Corey Smith

I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.

— Jennifer Carpenter

What are your favorite jazz clubs? Planning gigs to play for later this year & want to get your feedback

— Melissa Morgan

If you've got craft, you got game. If you got game, you can write your way in and out of anything. Writing is the…

— Robert Mark Kamen

Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows…

— Anonymous

I did a standup show called 'Show Me the Funny,' so from that I got some TV stuff and people would book me for…

— Ellie Taylor

I remember early on, for instance, having to play wedding gigs, that I hated playing the music. Now I don't have to play music…

— Norah Jones

I always perform live. I've even received a cortisone injection when I was losing my voice before a big gig so I could fulfill…

— Willam Belli

I've been a writer and a parent since adolescence, it feels like, and I'm still making both gigs up as I go along. I…

— Tim Winton

My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8,…

— Toby Keith

At college, I felt frustrated thinking three years was a long time and I just wanted a job but afterwards I was in employment…

— Bill Bailey