Performers Quote by Tom Waits Download Open image “George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved.” — Tom Waits ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare George Burns Performers Vaudeville
When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens. — Joseph Bologna Copy Share Image
My father was Mickey Katz, who worked with Spike Jones and then went on to improvise some successful Yiddish parodies, some of which I… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
George Burns was more athletic than you think he was. And he was a very social man. He loved people, he enjoyed life. He… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as the years… — Jim James Copy Share Image
Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater. — James Broughton Copy Share Image
Since I met him ten years ago there hasn't been a day that I didn't think of George Burns. And I didn't think of… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I had more comedy albums than musical ones. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor - those… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
When you start in the childhood period, when you begin to form a comic sense, it was the radio comedians - from the last… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people. — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“an all time favorite: "The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.” — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”: “The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is,… — K. Anders Ericsson Copy Share Image
In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Many people, including myself, thought of Jobs as an inventor, an Edison-like figure, but he wasn't. I did a documentary on James Brown recently;… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
The process of putting intangible thoughts into an imperfect system of notation - which is difficult enough, depending on your ideas - acquaints you… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to… — Ernest Gold Copy Share Image
I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their stuff. You can tell right away… — Alan Vega Copy Share Image
The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
One piece of advice that I would give to any young athlete or performer is remember to thank your mom. — Meryl Davis 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
