Gig Quotes
185 Gig quotes by 169 unique authors
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I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.
— John Lydon
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I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die…
— John Lydon
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I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time…
— Danica McKellar
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I enjoy performing, always, but when you're taping a gig, you've got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that's surrounding you, this invitation…
— Dylan Moran
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Five years after Aerosmith got back together, I realized how fragile we are as humans. There was a time I thought we were bulletproof, but…
— Joe Perry
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It's a two-dimensional gig being a singer, and you can get lost in your own tedium and repetition.
— Robert Plant
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Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love…
— Bonnie Raitt
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I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV…
— Joe Rogan
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I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I…
— Henry Rollins
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When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would…
— Adam Sandler
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I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each…
— Ed Sheeran
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It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.
— Arthur Smith
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If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things.
— James Taylor
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A lot of people don't think they can count on me, but I've never missed a gig in my life.
— Johnny Thunders
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I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a…
— Johnny Vegas
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Growing up, I always wanted to be in punk bands, so I'm really enjoying the harder, heavier element. It's always been my dream to have…
— Florence Welch
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I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from…
— Florence Welch
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I mean, look, I wear makeup in films. I don't wear makeup in real life. It's just part of the gig, that's all.
— Bruce Willis
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Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness…
— Virginia Woolf
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Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes!
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I was being paid to do what I loved, and there's no gig on earth better than that; it's like a license to steal.
— Stephen King
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The key to the city of Florence was about two feet long, and painted a garish gold. Hamilton was fascinated by it. "Wow! How big…
— Gordon Korman
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I've got a gig," Jim said. I sat up in my bed, wide-awake. A gig was good- I needed the money. "Half." "Third." "Half." "Thirty-five…
— Ilona Andrews
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And in fact the only way I can deal with this eerie situation at all is to make a conscious decision that I have already…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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You’re so hilarious. You know, if this whole Daimon-slaying gig doesn’t work out for you, you should really consider being a comedian. The bright Barney…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
Who Wrote These Gig Quotes
169 authors contributed a total of 185 Gig Quotes, led by these top contributors: