Quotes About Performance

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do.

I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be the court jester. That was always my defense mechanism. I was never all that funny; I was just obnoxious and loud.

If you're performing music that is not who you are or where you're at, it is painful. It's painful for the performer and for the audience.

I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.

I'm not very good at being a performing monkey.

Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.

I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me.

People expect that I'll be just perfect on ice, and that's not the case. I make mistakes, too. When I review my performance, sometimes I feel I did awful. That's the whole part of the process of what people see when I'm performing.

I never got nervous performing my own material.

Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.

As a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that.

I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.

My father was the captain of a cargo ship. When I was about two years old, we used to sail with him. The crew of his ship would dress me up in fancy dress and make me dance for them. I was a performing monkey!

I love performing. I love the people. I sound like Liza Minnelli right now, don't I?

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

Performing is my passion.

I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.

When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to... I finally feel like myself.

I just loved performing. It just made me feel alive. It's scary, but that's part of it. I think it's important to have that extra adrenaline. It gives you that extra zing.

I just lost interest in performing.

I love performing. The more I do it, the more I grow into it.

Performing has always been instinctive to me. I remember people saying, 'he doesn't know if he's a chef or an entertainer.' But what's wrong with being both? It's like saying you can't run the 100 and the 200 metres.