Quotes About Performance

I'm really influenced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.

I grew up with the movies of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and Judy Garland - these are the kinds of shows and the kinds of numbers in shows that I dreamed of being in and doing when I was a kid.

I'm definitely not a karaoke man, but I like to try stuff, so I'd get up on stage and give it a go. It would have to be something cheesy - karaoke always is - so maybe R. Kelly, 'The World's Greatest.'

If anybody is a master at improvisation, it would be Ken Jeong. He is hilarious.

It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him.

My son plays guitar, and he's been at the Kennedy Center.

Kenny King, his character on TV is him.

I'm fine with pressure. I went to Kentucky, dealt with it all season, playing in front of all the top teams and top crowds.

I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there.

The spacing is so much different in the NBA... There's more spacing, more 1-on-1. I got more space to do work - something I didn't get to show at Kentucky.

Well, being at a big school, I had to perform every night. I had to deal with a lot of fans, media stuff, interactions, relationships, you know, just to build myself and show how much I care about Kentucky.

It was most exciting when people first came up on the stage and then when they came back for the encore. We wanted to make a show that kept on developing, that was interesting, so we tried to do that with our live shows.

One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969.

The only thing Kevin Lee does better than me is talk and sell fights like that. I sell fights my own way, inside the cage.

If I had to name a few, I would say people like Sheamus, Kevin Owens, and John Cena are all great guys to be in the ring with.

I don't want to do 'Hamlet.' I don't want to do Robert Redford roles or Mel Gibson roles or Kevin Costner roles, because I'm not going to be good at them.

I dream of acting with Kevin Costner. I would love to do a movie with him. Not something funny, but a dramatic role.

Now, is Lil B jealous of Kevin Durant on the basketball court? Hmm. Maybe. Maybe not. I love basketball. Do I wish I could play in front of all those people everyday, all day? Of course. I love basketball.

Daley Blind, Georginio Wijnaldum and Kevin Strootman too. They are examples of how you should behave as a top player.

I enjoy watching Daniel Day Lewis, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey.

The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.

Consistency is the key to becoming a good cricketer.

The music stuff has been very difficult. It's got to be right, and even then, it better be on key.