Quotes About Inspiration

I love to work with performers that are very different to me.

I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now.

All of them - my father, mother, step-mother, and grandmother - were all wonderful actors and performers and they are an inspiration to me, both in their craft and in their humanity.

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers.

The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

I'm much more interested in lesser-known eccentrics and characters and performers. Like Matthew Buchinger, who was born in Germany in 1674, had no arms or legs and yet did magic, and had 14 kids, and made the most extraordinary calligraphy.

As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.

There's no getting around it: Writing is hard, while working with young performers is nearly always a joy.

Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do.

One of the great things about shooting in Los Angeles is you have access to all these great performers. We love working with ensembles, and that process of getting a great group of people together and setting them in motion.

I was a huge fan of Rick Rude and Arn Anderson. There's many guys, many performers in the past who turned me into the sports entertainer I am today.

Artists like Mehmood, Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan are performers... they are born in centuries.

Well, being from Mississippi, the church house is kind of the common denominator. It was for me growing up. Like so many public performers, that was the first place I was ever invited to sing.

Kids listen to performers and we have a duty to give them certain critical information.

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.

I've been composing and performing for as long as I can remember.

I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.

I want to be like Sutton Foster, Kristin Chenoweth or Anne Hathaway and do everything that has to do with performing.

You should not think of business while performing your art. This advice holds true for every artiste, irrespective of what he is doing.

I'm hoping to work on some original songs and to keep performing in front of a crowd as much as I can.

I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished.