Performer Quotes

313 Performer quotes by 275 unique authors

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. — Norah Jones
More than an actor, I am a performer... I'm a great believer - honestly so, shamelessly so, vulgarly so - that cinema is for entertainment.… — Shahrukh Khan
There's my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun. — Beyonce Knowles
The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer. — Hedy Lamarr
I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer. — Daniel Day-Lewis
As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and… — Daniel Day-Lewis
Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for. — Leona Lewis
Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man show called 'The… — Eric Liu
I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and… — Yo-Yo Ma
Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played alone, so I was never required to stay in… — Steve Martin
To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to… — Liza Minnelli
Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is… — Camille Paglia
I love talking to the audience, and I must be the luckiest performer in the world. I always land something or somebody that just takes… — Paula Poundstone
I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing. — Richard Pryor
The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned… — Robert Redford
I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director. — William Shatner
By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live. — Sarah Silverman
It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. — Nikki Sixx
I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician. — Patti Smith
I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform. — Sting

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