Gigs Quotes
227 Gigs quotes by 200 unique authors
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My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.
— Peter Tork
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Our parents had to drive us to the gig, or even go in with us because of the liquor laws. The owners were really scared…
— Unknown Author
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People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the bands existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening.…
— Greg Ginn
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One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My…
— Mary Lou Williams
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People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.
— Seth Godin
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Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one…
— Wes Montgomery
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The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs.
— Neal Schon
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I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get…
— Mackenzie Crook
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I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.'
— Jimmy Carr
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At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and its more like a family…
— Dave Lombardo
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Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a gig…
— John Densmore
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Chris Hillman (of the Byrds) recounts...'What happened to the Buffulo Springfield at the Whisky was similar to what happened to us at Ciro's...everybody wanted to…
— Unknown Author
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After the week at the Fillmore we flew down to L.A. to hang out and pick up whatever gigs we could. We did a gig…
— Mitch Mitchell
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If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life…
— Cliff Richard
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I'd like to give every young teacher some good news. Teaching is a very easy job. Administrators will tell you what to do. You'll be…
— Rafe Esquith
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In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little…
— Unknown Author
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It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own…
— Greg Ginn
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My mum's an opera singer: I grew up watching her get swept up in music and transform herself into characters. She taught me that music…
— Katie Noonan
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Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.
— Steven Van Zandt
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No matter what - rehearsed, under-rehearsed, over-rehearsed, doubts about rehearsing - the first gig is always the first gig, and you put on your little…
— Mick Fleetwood
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One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to…
— Tommy Lee
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I decided I'd never do a series again, but I was offered a pilot for a series through Eddy Murphy Productions, and that was the…
— Corin Nemec
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I had been acting since I was seven years old, but I had a combination of things happen at about the same time. 'Austin Powers'…
— Seth Green
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My friends are the ones I've had since primary school. They're really cool and such a good bunch of people. They came to every one…
— Leona Lewis
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The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
— Bill Bruford
Who Wrote These Gigs Quotes
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