Eight Quote by Mel Torme

You know, a lot of people have an instinct to downplay the fact that they are performing and be, like, 'There is no theatre…

— Ezra Furman

I was never a sit-in-the-audience-type person. Even as a little kid, when I saw a band performing at a restaurant, I would ask them…

— Scarlett Bordeaux

I actually acted onstage before I'd ever seen a live performance, and I loved it.

— Bob Gunton

When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's no acting…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Well, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano.

— Liza Minnelli

The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing…

— Stephen Sondheim

When I'm onstage, I'm acting.

— Don Rickles

Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.

— Shanola Hampton

A performance is only as good as the audience you are playing to. A lot of times you feed off of the audience, and…

— Kelly Jones

I've never really had the confidence to sing in front of people; then, I got into acting.

— Emily Atack

The more I go onstage, the more quiet I am before, because I intend to go onstage and slaughter.

— Nikki Sixx

There are performances in which the people who have the best muscle skills and musical history may be on the stage, but it's not …

— Howard Rheingold