In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I don't think… — Steven Adler Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to be a performer. Like Hugh [Grant] said earlier, we might all have… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
Most performers reinvent themselves. Madonna, Michael Jackson, P. Diddy. They reinvent themselves into different kinds of images. Elvis Presley was always himself,… — Pat Boone Copy Share Image
When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
It's been a continuity right from the beginning - that longing to weave together perceptions, to affirm the richness of us as… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold… — Gelsey Kirkland Copy Share Image
Go with your gut every single time. It's never, ever wrong. Even if feels like everybody else is telling you that you… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
I was spending three days literally just kibitzing with Jack Nicholson at a table! It was heaven! And talk about a normal… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I think for many songwriter/performers, you need to go off by yourself and write the songs to begin with, but then you… — Alan Licht Copy Share Image
Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
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,… — Jennifer Abbott Copy Share Image
Almost 70 years have gone by, and I've still got that feeling when I write... Writing, for me, is still it. It… — Clive James Copy Share Image
Unlike the people you see in Mathew Brady's photographs from the Civil War, the men and women of the Revolution seem more… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I grew up in the spoken-word community. Before everybody had a home studio, or before we could get booked for shows, open… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
The best shows have a clear idea of what they want to achieve, where the performers have the ability to disrupt normality… — Lyn Gardner Copy Share Image
It's so interesting, you know, whenever you read the accounts of composers playing their own music, that they had very different priorities… — Helene Grimaud Copy Share Image
I’m really only responsible to make sure that one person is clapping at the end of my life. Because I feel like… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
If you were a performer that only had an acoustic instrument, back in the day you couldn't hide behind your guitar pedals… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
Television's very much a writer's medium, as it probably should be, but if you're not the writer, then as the performer, you… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and… — John Updike Copy Share Image
As a pianist, our particular role is to enter a piece and its logic and create a particular interpretation from our understanding.… — Rafal Blechacz Copy Share Image
There's been (if you sort of scan the magazines) announcements of different performers that has come and tried to get the British… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
I am used to being on tours with people who are fantastic performers and I respect them and I love their music.… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
Sarah [Silverman] writes her own jokes. She doesn't just go through her life and talk about everything. She sits down and crafts… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Everyone procrastinates. The difference between high performers and low performers is largely determined by what they choose to procrastinate on. Since you… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
The top players in every field think differently when all the marbles are on the line. Great performers focus on what they… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
The process of putting intangible thoughts into an imperfect system of notation - which is difficult enough, depending on your ideas -… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a… — Betty Buckley Copy Share Image
I don't like when performers rag on their ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend in absentia. If they're not there, it just feels rude... I'm… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I like being a musician that's also a fly on the wall. I like people coming in the room and doing what… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
Wilt Chamberlain had a great deal to do with the success of the NBA. His dominance, power, demeanor and the rivalry with… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
There are two types of people, two types of performers: Performers who know how to keep a show going literally when the… — El-P Copy Share Image
The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Some of the most powerful female performers I've seen balance the feminine and the masculine and are incredibly strong. Like, I think… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn't hurt to celebrate the piano and… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
![“I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to be a performer. Like Hugh [Grant] said earlier, we might all have this weird gene. Hopefully I will continue to have the talent to allow that gene to play itself out for as long as it can.” quote by Mandy Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/mandy-moore-2646_actor_i-wanted-to-be-an-actor-and-i-wanted-to_2285851.jpg)
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