Act Quote by Leon Russell Download Open image “Apparently I was a Billboard top touring act of 1973, but nobody told me.” — Leon Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Act Billboard Me Nobody Touring
I started touring a little bit in 1973 in support of a record I made for an independent label. In 1975, when I signed… — Michael Franks Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '70s, and there was a romantic notion, at least that I had, that you could have a career making… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
In my early days, I sang rock stuff, but the career didn't kick until '67. — Engelbert Humperdinck Copy Share Image
I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes, as a… — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
I'd come to the point where I wasn't really putting out creatively. I didn't seem to have anything to say in that period of… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977. — Gregory Harrison Copy Share Image
I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. — Sarah Harding Copy Share Image
For three years, between 16 and 19, I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot - legends - and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me. — Vanilla Ice Copy Share
I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it… — Ace Frehley Copy Share Image
A lotta years I was out there on the road pulling one-nighters. Then I got hired to sing in Sam Donahue's band in 1963.… — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
When I wrote the first album I had never played live before, and I'd never been on tour. So that was really just me… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
I was on tour with Michael Jackson for a while; I did the 'Dangerous' and 'History' tours. I was also on tour with Diana… — Cris Judd Copy Share Image
For years, when I was popular, I would face the blank page to write, and I couldn't think of anything that I thought was… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I studied classical music for a long time, maybe 10 years, and I realized finally I was never going to have the hands to… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I'm just concerned with going about my business and making the records I want to make. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I've always felt I struck out with Doris Day. Her son, Terry Melcher, was a producer I worked for at Columbia, and one day,… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I'm happy to have a job. I play a little, write a little, perform some. It's not like it's an engineered, well-manufactured plan or… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
Oklahoma was a dry state, and consequently, there was no liquor laws. And I was able to take advantage of that by playing in… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I was always trying to write standards, songs that anybody can sing. I figured that's where the money was. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I have a certain amount of difficulty dealing with too much limelight. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK,… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s… — Vashti Quiroz-Vega Copy Share Image
I always advise people not to act upon the advice that I give them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act.… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
