Performance Quotes

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A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the… — Bela Lugosi
When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playing live, you interact with people and… — Marina and the Diamonds
One of the things I love about music is live performance. — Yo-Yo Ma
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance… — Malcolm X
I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films. — Ethel Merman
I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any… — Moby
In some of the greatest recordings ever made, the performance is a part of the recording. Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35' is… — Moby
When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other… — Robert Moog
Home gigs can be hard because it's an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I'm doing… — Dylan Moran
Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it. — Van Morrison
I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed… — Viggo Mortensen
For sure, with golf it's not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That's what makes tennis great - you combine both things. It's a very… — Rafael Nadal
Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone. — Guru Nanak
If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear? — Stevie Nicks
My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise. — Richard M. Nixon
What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough,… — Richard M. Nixon
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist… — Barack Obama
If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that. — Michelle Obama
I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone. — Conor Oberst
Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And… — Yoko Ono

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