Quotes About Inspiration

I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be here, and I can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was.

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing.

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.

Everything I've performed has been from my own head.

My mother sang jazz and opera - she even performed at the Apollo on Amateur Night.

Dre is someone I've looked up to since 1985 when he came to my college and performed with The Wrecking Crew.

Almost all the great players I admire performed well deep into their 30s and their 40s, almost all of them, and I don't think I'm any different.

Sanjeev Kumar is one actor whose performances have inspired me. The way he looked and the way he performed are two different things. That gives me a lot of confidence that look and all do not always matter.

I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80.

I have thought about some kind of musical involving my music. That would be kind of interesting. I have thought of it in that way, as a creator of something, not so much a performer. So that's in my head.

I owe a lot to Rosshan, who literally plucked me from obscurity as a keyboard performer and handed me the background score of 'Notebook.'

I always considered myself a performer. It's what God gave me. It doesn't matter if one person hears it or a million.

There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you.

'Calamity Jane' inspired me to be a performer. I still want to be her.

You're not going to find a more committed performer than Sandra Oh - to every single word, action, history that informs the future. Every little thing.

I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.

I wouldn't be the performer I am if everyone thought I was the best. Having people against you, or who don't quite believe in you, gives a lot of extra fuel to never settle.

As a performer, I groove to my own songs.

I look up to Mick Jagger because he's an amazing performer and he's such an individual. I respect him and admire him eternally.

I was at a Dolly Parton concert when I was about 9 years old. I saw her at the Ohio State Fair, and it was my first real concert that I'd been to. I saw that crowd and how they reacted and how great of a performer she was and the band. Just the energy of the whole thing collectively really captured me.

My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.

To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.

And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it's very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with.