Quotes About Performance

When I was a kid, you would tune in to 'The Tonight Show' before you went to sleep. Johnny Carson. A big treat. I know it's a privilege of mine to be able to be in people's homes. So I hope I make everyone proud, including my parents, and do a good job in this.

I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble.

I don't have a terrible singing voice, but I also wouldn't call it 'good.' I can carry a tune.

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

I can sing; I can hold a tune.

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

The show tune I can never get out of my head is 'Oh, What A Beautiful Morning' from 'Oklahoma!' I don't know why.

I don't profess to be Luciano Pavarotti, but I can hold a tune.

I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke.

I can't hold a tune at all.

You don't want to be in a fight of the year. It takes years off your life. But, it's why fans tune in; it's why people gravitate toward your fights. It's why people want to watch you fight. It's important to get into them, but it's important to try not to get into too many of them.

I'm quite good on the harmonica and can get a tune out of most musical instruments, so long as the tune is 'Oh Susannah.'

I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle.

When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish playing, people would be like, 'Oh my God, that was so nice, that was so great.' But Pops would never tell us we were the best. He would give it to us straight, like, 'You're out of tune. You're dropping beats.'

The billions watching and following the Premier League don't tune in to see you in training. They want to know what you can do in a match.

For some reason, I can really tune in in the majors, and I have no idea why. They really get my attention.

In MMA, you're trained to tune the audience out. In sports entertainment, you're trained to feed off what the audience is thinking and feeling.

I play in tune like a cello player and use legitimate vibrato. There are no tricks; it's just all in the hands!

A record can make an artist sound in tune or make the music sound pretty. But the real test is performing live, and I think we pass fairly well, because people keep asking to see us play.

I always hated watching bands: the guy would break a string or be out of tune, and I have perfect pitch, so it would always tick me off when a guy is up there, and he'd break a string.

I've always been aware of what I've been able to do and my ability to bring interest to a match and make people want to tune in and see.

I can hold a tune but it's a bit ropey.

I want people to tune into our show, looking forward to it all day, because of great matches.

I don't think the singers take it as seriously as we used to. The words, the meaning, the phrasing, the feeling of the song. They see the words, they know the tune and they just sing it.