Quotes About Performance

I was about 10, and I was supposed to be playing the piano at the school concert, and I got up in front of the whole school and said, 'I'm sorry. I'm changing the agenda. I want to play some songs I've written.'

When I saw Beyonce, she did a two-hour show singing and dancing - it was like my mouth just wouldn't close. I was like, 'OK, I'm drooling,' like, it's so good. Oh my God. No one's better. I'm sorry.

I imagine I'll retire mid-performance. I'll say, 'Sorry, everyone, I can't do this anymore. I must have suddenly aged.' Then I'll walk off. Yes, I'm sure that's how.

I love doing 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' on Radio 4. It's my favourite thing to do because it's just daft: it's not about the news. It's not about anything.

You're never going to get 2,400 people a night for a play. I'm sorry, you really aren't.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

Playing at the Opry, for me, it has such a history. It feels sort of like a coming-out party as a country artist. To know your heroes have played here is kind of crazy.

I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.

Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.

I get quite fearful about interviews, so I sought advice from other actors.

The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.

A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.

As a singer, you have to bring the soul to the song.

I sang the National Anthem with soul.

Music is the embodiment of my soul. When I play, I'm not performing a song: I'm becoming it.

I will give my soul every game.

You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

I enjoy singing soulful melodies because they add that extra zing to your performance.

I think I'm a soulful singer.

I don't just sing R&B: I'm able to sing pop and play with other sounds, but it's all real soulful.

I got tired of seeing people rush through the national anthem so they could have their popcorn and get to the game. Nobody ever sang the anthem with soul. It was always done clinically and they always stuck to the original. I put feeling into it. I sang it in a soulful manner.

I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.

People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.