Performing Quotes · Page 13

Just trying to make my music as good as possible and to keep performing and just keep moving.

— Steve Miller

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs.

— Anthony Minghella

Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition.

— Louis Zukofsky

I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.

— Valerie June

I've always known that performing is what I want to do. There was never a defining moment. I just came out that…

— Lisa O'Hare

It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.

— Dan Quayle

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

The international travelling gets harder as I get older, but when I'm performing on stage, it makes it all worth while.

— Bonnie Tyler

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone -…

— Russell Simmons

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that…

— Spencer Kayden

When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and…

— James Levine

I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always…

— Chris O'Dowd

Performing has always been instinctive to me. I remember people saying, 'he doesn't know if he's a chef or an entertainer.' But…

— Ainsley Harriott

What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff,…

— Van Morrison

I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the world. I'm doing…

— Randy Bachman

I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to…

— Josh Young

I was raised with 'Laurel and Hardy' and 'I Love Lucy' and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had…

— Steve Martin

I ended up performing one time at BET. I performed my record, like, four times, and the crowd was going super crazy.…

— O. T. Genasis

But one of the satisfying things about performing a play is you know for that piece of time exactly what you're going…

— Roger Allam

I was an adult and I was in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I was performing in this cave - they used to…

— Rhys Darby

I've never wanted to be anything other than an actor. I started performing on Broadway when I was 8 years old. My…

— Lea Michele

I think it comes down to the type of personality that the performing arts seem to attract. And that's outgoing, very sensitive…

— Audra McDonald

My abject hatred of actors and the acting world. I went to college as an actor, and halfway through, I switched to…

— Christian Finnegan

Karl Agell sang for our Blind album which was our second best selling record. He's a great guy and as a matter…

— Reed Mullin

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing…

— Mary J. Blige

I think when you've lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you're sort of living the…

— Tom Jones

I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike.

— Nick Cave

Performing is always my biggest rush. The energy is boundless from a great crowd.

— Matt Sorum

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

There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.

— Renee Fleming

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations.

— Narendra Modi

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Cool the flames of your anger by performing the wudhu for only water can extinguish fire.

— Muhammad

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

— Dule Hill

I loved the idea that I could write a joke and someone else would have to take the risk of performing it.

— Judd Apatow

The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative.

— Bobby McFerrin

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and…

— Stephen Sondheim

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts…

— David Crosby

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.

— Janel Parrish

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.

— Carly Simon