Quotes About Performance

Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.

A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.

I own a '66 Jaguar. That's the guitar I polish, and baby - I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the crowd.

When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now.

Seeing Taylor Swift live in 2013 is seeing a maestro at the top of her or anyone's game. No other pop auteur can touch her right now for emotional excess or musical reach - her punk is so punk, her disco is so disco. The red sequins on her guitar match the ones on her microphone, her shoes and 80 percent of the crowd.

I have a goal to be the best player every time I touch that floor. Just be the best me.

An actor has a great responsibility to an audience - to touch their hearts.

My stats speak for themselves; I've got a good touch for a big man, I know I can find the back of the net.

A lot of people put all that stuff on a pedestal, and they won't touch it. But I don't think that's the reason they did that. I think they played that stuff out of pure joy.

If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will sell some gags, but it's all technique. It's like watching a juggler - you can be impressed by it, but it's not going to touch you in any way.

When I'm running fast, I don't feel anything, it's effortless, it's like my feet don't even touch the ground, it's like I'm flying.

I enjoy singing; being in touch with something that is inside of me.

The comedy I like the best is comedy I can't do, stuff that doesn't touch my arena.

I want to touch the world through my performances on screen but also off screen.

I'm really in touch with my fans. Through their emails, letters and stories is how I decide what music I'm going to perform.

I'm just glad to be singing songs that touch people.

A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.

They used to call me 'Touchdown T.' I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, 'I'm going to run for three touchdowns.' I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.

Julio Jones doesn't drop wide-open touchdown passes.

Doing these parts is not fun. It's challenging, but no fun. It's creepy. I would rather play the guy that throws the touchdown pass and gets carried off the field.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

When you throw your fourth touchdown of a game in the NFL... it's hard to do.

When I play in the Super Bowl, the biggest stage we have, I have to give up the first touchdown. To make it worse, I'm running behind the guy, not next to him.

As soon as I touched the mic, I knew that's what I would do for the rest of my life.