Performers Quotes

423 Performers quotes by 348 unique authors

The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers. — Leonard Slatkin
I was ballet dancing at four, playing piano by six, and doing commercials by 12. When I was 21, I was on the number one… — Roselyn Sanchez
When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious choice to close… — Tamara Tunie
To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer. — Rod Taylor
For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character.… — Uma Thurman
I think the most challenging part of being a performer is just making sure that people know that when you get up there every night,… — Kate Voegele
I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their stuff. You can tell right away they're… — Alan Vega
Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions. — Charles Garfield
The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks. — Charles Garfield
Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they… — Charles Garfield
I think Madonna is a wonderful performer. — Patti LuPone
A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot. — Patti LuPone
What all my years in improvisation taught is that - if you're going to grow as a performer - you have to try some new… — Jack McBrayer
Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a… — Tony Visconti
I think a performer should do his work and then shut up. — Richard Widmark
Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of… — Mel Torme
It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer. — John Hurt
Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer. — Kirk Douglas
Performance for another in no way signals the inferiority of the performer to the one for whom the performance is intended. — Sandra Bartky
If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note.… — Evander Holyfield
You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors! — Terry Eagleton
The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you. — Linda Ronstadt
I can't think of a performer who is better on television than in person. — Mark Russell
What the translator - myself in particular - does is not comparable to what the Homeric performer was doing. — Robert Fitzgerald
Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world… — Cuba Gooding, Jr.

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