Concerts Quote by Glenn Gould Download Open image “At concerts I felt demeaned, like a vaudevillian.” — Glenn Gould ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Concerts Felt Like
I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
I went to a concert once when I was a little kid and ran up onstage, started dancing, started saying anything that came to… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I listened to a clip someone had put up of me singing 'I Am What I Am' in the musical 'La Cage aux Folles.'… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I began to go to concerts when I was 12 years old. And I would stand there, the small imp that I was, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I don't regard myself as an entertainer. I don't think that's where my talents lie. It always feels a bit uncomfortable. — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience. — Cher Copy Share
I think I had various performers, or actors, or invariably androgynous people who I found sort of captivating. But to be completely honest, I… — Emma D'Arcy Copy Share Image
The way people reacted to me in dressing rooms and so on was incredibly aggressive. They know every record and they seem to think… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else. — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
I'm the most awkward person in the world, but onstage, I'm completely fine. I could run around in a thong and not care. — Pete Davidson Copy Share Image
I'm generally a fairly shy, withheld person. But when I get onstage, I get a bit mad. — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
Theirs [the Beatles] is a happy, cocky, belligerently resourceless brand of harmonic primitivism... In the Liverpudlian repertoire, the indulged amateurishness of the musical material,… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
I cannot bear assaults of any kind, and it seems to me that the Beatles essentially were out to affront and to assault. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Beethoven's reputation is based entirely on gossip. The middle Beethoven represents a supreme example of a composer on an ego trip. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
I detest audiences - not in their individual components, but en masse I detest audiences. I think they're a force of evil. It seems… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
“I believe that the justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Concert pianists are really afraid to try out the Beethoven Fourth Concerto if the Third happens to be their specialty. That's the piece they… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
When I broke 20, I said to myself, 'I will give concerts until I'm approximately 30.' And I made it a year and a… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
By the time I was six, I made an important discovery that I get along much better with animals than humans. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
In fact, when Jaan wanted to be a part of some of my live concerts, I let him join me for a few. — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I… — Bruce Johnston Copy Share Image
Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa. — Eugene Ormandy Copy Share Image
My favourite song of Elton's is... it's a tricky one for me. I'm a proper fan and I've probably seen him in concert about… — Matt Lucas Copy Share Image
I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
My first concert isn't that cool or ironic. I wish it had been like, "My first concert was the Backstreet Boys," but the first… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Of course we're still having the concert. Don't let a little rain ruin your night. — Jo Dee Messina Copy Share Image
I like to go to concerts because I love to see my favorite band through the phone of the asshole who's standing in front… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
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