Quotes About Performance

If you go out and just play the old stuff and never write new stuff, you're not really a complete musician, you're a 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.

Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.

I didn't want to be a performer. I didn't want to be famous.

A performer needs and craves a live audience.

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

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.

As a performer, I'm happy if one person gets to see the work I do, but to have lots of people see it and appreciate it, it feels good.

I've learned how to be a better performer on stage and interact with the fans, make it feel like a collective experience more than just me singing songs on a stage and feeling really detached.

I think we've become a TV culture, where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away.

I'm not running after glamorous roles, honestly. I'm a performer and want to perform instead of standing like a mannequin wearing a lot of makeup.

When I was a street performer, before I had any songs of my own that anybody would stop and put in money for, I would always be doing covers. Even with covers, people wouldn't stop in the beginning.

Doing 'Comedy Bang! Bang!,' you have to play at the top of your abilities, so it is so fun to get that opportunity. I've grown a lot as a performer just working with those guys.

We aspire to be a top performer in every area of our business, and that includes leading in the communities where our employees and their families live and work.

As a drag performer, my identity exists in music, art, and fashion, not in any one 'language' of gender or 'appearance.'

I look for stories that are different because that is how I will grow as a performer.

It's not a secret, but if you know what the hell you're doing, you pick good actors. And you know what makes a good actor? A good personality in the performer, in the person.

Naturally you want to be the best mom you can, but then also you want to be the best performer you can.

I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.

The crowd is a performer. En masse, a crowd has its own personality, its own character. And there are going to be nights when the crowd delivers a great performance. And there are going to be nights when the crowd bombs.

There are lots of reasons people come to Beyonce shows. There's the music, her dancing; all in all a bedazzling show. She's a great performer and singer.

When you talk about the exchange of energy between performer and audience and audience and performer, I hope that I'm one of the best.

It's important to be out as a performer.

Every performer will have a bad night. It's just inevitable.