Performing Quotes

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When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing… — Etta James
I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience.… — Katherine Jenkins
I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket. — Carly Rae Jepsen
Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals. — Penn Jillette
The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that… — Penn Jillette
I'm terrified of performing live. — Rashida Jones
As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing. — Victoria Justice
If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was… — Beyonce Knowles
My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot… — Talib Kweli
I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing. — Patti LaBelle
I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way. — Adam Lambert
As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing… — Jon Landau
I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs. — Annie Lennox
I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to… — Amy Lee
It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here? — John Lennon
I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because… — Yo-Yo Ma
I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away… — Yo-Yo Ma
I love performing in Las Vegas. — Holly Madison
I was raised with 'Laurel and Hardy' and 'I Love Lucy' and Jerry Lewis, and I just loved it. And I had a friend in… — Steve Martin
I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get… — Marilyn Manson

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