Quotes About Performing

I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

My biggest problem with the retirement thing was I'd be leaving the part of this business that I enjoy the most... the entertaining part, being on stage and seeing how the music affects people.

When the Beatles cut old rock n' roll, they were recording music still in their performing repertoire, and besides, they never thought of the music as old.

Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God.

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

I want to go to Australia so bad, do comedy there, and see the people there. It's a great country. I have friends that are Australian that have told me all about it. I want to do comedy there.

The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

When singing, you need performing skills and a bit of imagination. You have to treasure the emotions, and to not deviate from the colour of the song while pouring your heart into it.

I don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue.

I would like to do one of Ilaiyaraaja's songs. After all, I did play drums for him and have watched him closely while composing, recording and performing. I would like to do an album of Mohammed Rafi's Hindi songs, too.

Someone told me about drama schools, and they seemed like mythological places - you can really go and be in drama classes all day? I inadvertently entered into this world where people wore bicycle clips and did song-and-dance routines in the corridors.

In college, my voice never quite fit the classic ones like 'Music Man' or 'Carousel'.

I have played lots of clubs since I was 14, but I always did my own music.

I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.

I was doing clubs when I was 16. I grew up in New York, so back then, you could do that.

It may seem like I've gone from one show to the next, but it's been a roller coaster. I've had my share of lows.

People always tell me, 'You should do drama. You should do drama.' Even when I first got an agent, they were like, 'We want to send you out to be dramatic.' And I'm like, 'No. I'm a comedian. I'm funny. I want to do funny stuff.'

I really just love making comedies; I love doing characters.

I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.

I don't see myself doing any comedies. I like comedies as much as anyone else; I just don't really have a desire to do them.

I'm not a comedy guy. I don't do comedy shows.

When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.