Quotes About Artistry

Any actor can be glamorous, but not everybody can be a performer. That's why I'm focusing more on the performance side. I feel that's what even people want from me.

I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.

As a performer, I groove to my own songs.

I'm a performer. We don't retire.

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

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.

Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person.

I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for.

I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at.

I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

I always knew I wanted to be a performer.

I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be.

I love my stuff - you're not supposed to say that. But because I'm performer as well as a writer, I'm constantly interacting with my own work. I always get to find these little secrets that I left for myself, little notes - I find them all over the scores.

No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.

Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her genius as a performer will have to be taken on faith - and on the always-suspect evidence of film. What will last, if things go well, is her genius as a choreographer, as a woman of the theater.

I think you have a limited amount of impact as an entertainer, performer, or musician.

I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

I'm a performer. I do comedy and music, and I blend them together. My band is 'Nasty Delicious!'.

I'm a jazz performer - I have to improvise with what I'm given.