Band Quote by Tracy Morgan

When you get respect from the people who are buying your music and coming to your shows, there's an expectation that you have to…

— Colin Meloy

You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It's like they're the instrument you're playing.

— Louis C. K

You can play a gig as a band and not know that they hated you; with standup, after every line, you know.

— James Acaster

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I…

— Hal Sparks

Standup is really the only thing in the entertainment business that you do totally alone.

— Brad Garrett

Stand-up is the kind of gig that'll show you where you're at.

— Dave Chappelle

Just because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you don't know how to put on a show.

— Jack Black

When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. I'm not gonna say, 'Look, you guys are…

— John Hughes

People were telling me I should do stand-up. I would just shake it off. One day my friend bet me some money to go…

— Deon Cole

Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said…

— Eric Bana

I have always believed that if you are honest in what you do, continually reinvent yourself at the same time, and there's respect amongst…

— Nikki Sixx

The thing about stand-up is that you end up meeting your idols.

— Josh Widdicombe