Onstage Quote by Cecil Taylor Download Open image “Lena Horne - when she walked onstage, she really was Erzulie.” — Cecil Taylor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Lena Horne Onstage Really She Walked
My introduction of Whitney was that if there's going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and lyric phrasing… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
Jessica Lange in Frances... was dramatic and passionate and one of the strongest performances I've seen a woman do — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image
There wouldn't be a Halle Berry or an Angela Bassett or a Cicely Tyson if there hadn't been a Lena Horne. — Dee Dee Bridgewater Copy Share Image
Gwen Stefani was just the most incredible frontwoman. She was the total cool girl. — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
Patsy Ferran in Tennessee Williams' 'Summer and Smoke'-I thought that was just one of the most phenomenal performances I've seen from a young woman. — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
I want to play Lena Horne because I've always been fascinated with her. Her talent was astounding and more than that, her life story… — Naya Rivera Copy Share Image
I think Jennifer Lawrence seems to really get it right when she's on the red carpet. — Henrik Lundqvist Copy Share Image
Sheryl Crow. I loved her 'Tuesday Night Music Club.' She expressed her own point of view, and she wasn't trying to be like anyone… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
“She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was not real.” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
The first record I made, when I listen to it, I understand. I understand perfectly well why certain musicians were unhappy with me. I… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
Mother, being a pianist, told me how to play with my fingers on the piano. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
When I came out of the conservatory, the first thing I did was to go see Thelonious Monk. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
One of the things Mother said to me, 'You want this, you're going to practice.' And I know how to practice. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
They say, 'We will give you money, but we want you to play this or that.' And I always thought, 'If I'm going to… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
You know what the material is so that you never play it the same way twice. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it. — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm saying that people who are enmeshed in situations of subjugation and have to live, have to find ways to project their dignity as… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit… — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really… — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
Look at Greg Jbara! I've watched him work for years, always switching. He's literally a different human being when he's onstage in 'Billy Elliot.'… — Will Chase Copy Share Image
Jodi Melnick is hotly self-absorbed. Her onstage musicians are much too loud, and like so many narcissistic performers, she goes on much too long:… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me. — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
I like to pick out a certain part of each show I'm in and I watch it when I'm not onstage or in my… — Colin Donnell Copy Share Image
Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director envisioned music… — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
I have four or five custom suits, including one that's velvet, and a gray one I wear onstage. It's wool. — Stromae Copy Share Image
Me in my music and onstage - that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining. — Banks Copy Share Image
I was in 'Seussical,' and I was in a cage onstage in a purple yarn suit singing backup, and I was like: 'I've had… — Casey Nicholaw Copy Share Image
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