Many performers try to sustain a high point in their careers by keeping themselves around those who are overanxious to tell them… — Leo Sayer Copy Share Image
I like dancers who demand of themselves to achieve, not just technically but also as performers. — Arlene Phillips Copy Share Image
The finest all-around performer we ever had in America was Judy Garland. There was no limit to her talent. She was the… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
Dance should not just divide people into audience and performers. Everyone should be a participant, whether going to classes or attending special… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer. — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
The person who is most a part of me is the performer, is the standup, the guy who says, "Hey look at… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
These performers that go on about their technique and craft - oh, puleeze! How boring! I don't know what 'technique' means. But… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
That raw connection between the two performers is something you can't fully plan. You just go with it and get lost in… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and… — Alfred Brendel Copy Share Image
My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
When I look at great singers like Sinatra, Bennett and (Tom) Jones, I see great performers that can really move an audience.… — Tiny Tim Copy Share Image
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
As a performer, I don't like to play the same thing over and over. I like to play it and let it… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
I try to have a very well-rounded group of friends that did a lot of different things and weren't just performers. Because… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
My mom is one, but there have been performers in my family since as long as we can trace them back, so… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing.… — William Hung Copy Share Image
I never planned on being a live performer. My whole forte was about being in the studio, producing, playing the piano on… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
I was always obsessed with other performers doing their thing, and Britney 'Live in Las Vegas' from 2001 is my absolute favorite… — Betty Who Copy Share Image
What the translator - myself in particular - does is not comparable to what the Homeric performer was doing. — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
We have some of the best in-ring performers in the world, but they are also some of the best characters. — Tony Khan Copy Share Image
Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention. — Steve Lacy Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly grateful for the time I spent with STOMP and even more so for the skills and awareness I developed as… — Nicholas Young Copy Share Image
Everything's about my personal entertainment. The world is my stage. Keep it up- you're becoming a star performer in the show. — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
It's actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard… — Melanie Fiona Copy Share Image
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the… — Cher Copy Share Image
Greatly talented performers don't know - often spectacularly - what's best for them, don't know what their talents really are, and don't… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I'm a performer. I've just been one since I was a little girl. I used to pretend all the time. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Something very rare in this day and age is to see performers do something that has never been done before. — Matt Hardy Copy Share Image
What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is… — Earle Brown Copy Share Image
I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You have to be willing to be a live performer, if you want to make money as an independent. — Ben Rosenfield Copy Share Image
I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn… — Olivia Hussey Copy Share Image
The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their… — Charles Garfield Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
Find me any performer anywhere who isn't egocentric. You'd better believe you're good, or you've got no business being out there. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image