Devil Quote by Niccolo Paganini

There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute…

— Beverly Sills

“I have been known to say that the devil gave me my first violin.”

— Laini Taylor

As a performer, I'm constantly fascinated with the idea of being able to know what anybody else's experience is, and how misleading all informatives,…

— Tilda Swinton

I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

— Lana Del Rey

Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it…

— Alicia Keys

Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked.

— James A. Baldwin

Landmarks to the muses that inspired the music. When I could tell it was sincere without trying to prove it

— Drake

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

— Elia Kazan

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people,…

— Lawrence Welk

I was playing catch with the European audience.

— Charles Olson

As a musician I'm kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I'm witness to unbelievable things.

— Yo-Yo Ma

Tell me, was I the sort of person who took your elbow when cars passed on the street, touched your cheek while you talked,…

— Nicole Krauss