--- title: "10 Performing Really Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Performing Really quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Performing Really sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/sia-3207_get_i-do-not-love-performing-i-get-really-sc_3171075.jpg" --- > [I do not love performing. I get really scared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sia/i-do-not-love-performing-i-get-really-scared/) [Sia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ff/sia-3207_get_i-do-not-love-performing-i-get-really-sc_3171075.jpg) > [I love performing, but I never really liked show business. My success is my family. I want to be more successful as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celine-dion/i-love-performing-but-i-never-really-liked-show-business-my-success/) [Celine Dion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celine-dion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/celine-dion-3937_business_i-love-performing-but-i-never-really-lik_1276428.jpg) > [Being able to improvise is the basis for creating all characters and situations, for everything to do with performing, really. And it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-kattan/being-able-to-improvise-is-the-basis-for-creating-all-characters-and/) [Chris Kattan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-kattan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/chris-kattan-23698_able_being-able-to-improvise-is-the-basis-for_953127.png) > [I love Broadway. I love live performing. It's really spiritual when you can get to interact with people, and they actually affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mya/i-love-broadway-i-love-live-performing-it-s-really-spiritual-when-you/) [Mya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/mya-2823_broadway_i-love-broadway-i-love-live-performing-i_2236836.jpg) > [I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/i-learn-something-not-because-i-have-to-but-because-i-really-want-to/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/yo-yo-ma-8612_bread_i-learn-something-not-because-i-have-to_880737.jpg) > [Performing is something that has really grown on me and become an important part of my life, which I didn't used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-cosmos/performing-is-something-that-has-really-grown-on-me-and-become-an/) [Frankie Cosmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-cosmos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/frankie-cosmos-9857_life_performing-is-something-that-has-really_658448.jpg) > [There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-gahan/there-has-to-be-an-interaction-of-musicians-on-stage-otherwise-i-feel/) [Dave Gahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-gahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/dave-gahan-12798_alone_there-has-to-be-an-interaction-of-musici_726510.jpg) > [I guess I think like deep inside, I know that it's like, it's a different kind of performing, it's not really... You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avicii/i-guess-i-think-like-deep-inside-i-know-that-it-s-like-it-s-a/) [Avicii](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avicii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/avicii-13038_cause_i-guess-i-think-like-deep-inside-i-know_2417231.jpg) > [“Maybe we're always changing." "Maybe we're always performing." "Then who are we really?" I wondered. "At the end of the day, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-kacvinsky/maybe-we-re-always-changing-maybe-we-re-always-performing-then-who/) [Katie Kacvinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-kacvinsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca5/katie-kacvinsky-1279_end-of-the-day_maybe-we-re-always-changing-maybe-we-re_2465089.jpg) > [Performing is really close to being in studio but performing takes over because being in the studio is two things; the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nao/performing-is-really-close-to-being-in-studio-but-performing-takes/) [NAO](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nao/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/nao-49864_beautiful_performing-is-really-close-to-being-in-s_1776002.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/performing-really/#itemlist", "name": "Performing Really Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not love performing. 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