Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer player. I… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I have thought about some kind of musical involving my music. That would be kind of interesting. I have thought of it… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like 'Letterman' and 'The View,' and I've heard nice things… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical: Like lucky cards… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“And after his unparsable response, including a passage where he said he was 'blurring the boundaries between a thing and thought,' she said, 'Thank… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“Lacey was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Alone, she was… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
