Quotes About Performance

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.

If you were to ask me, 'What the hell does a musician have in common with a restaurant?' I would say a huge amount. It's show time every day, it's a team of people, like, running a circus, which is running a rock-and-roll band.

I'd love to play a musician in a film.

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.

I sometimes listen to music to get into some place that I need to get. I don't think it's because I have a musician as a father that I do this - most actors do.

Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.

As a young musician, you really want to play.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.

Jimmy Slyde was more a musician than a dancer; Greg Hines was more musician than dancer.

I'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

If I could be a musician, I'd do it. I love singing.

Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.

All of the musicians when I was young used to always say you had to tell a story when you're a musician.

I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.

In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.

Having live musicians in a comedy show adds a frisson.

Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.

Sometimes, musicians worry too much about how beautifully they are playing.

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them.

Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers of joy, of ecstasy.

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey's years.

I don't try to make 15 musicians sound like two each.