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Quotes About Performance

There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.
~ Gustav Mahler
If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time.
~ Darren Aronofsky
I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.
~ Ethel Merman
When the whole team is doing well and you're at the top people take note of what you are doing.
~ Danny Drinkwater
'My Friends Over You' has two guitars, but if you listen to us live, it's the same... I know how to hit a rhythm note and play lead at the same time.
~ Chad Gilbert
Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?
~ Will Champlin
I did play every little note on the guitar on that record.
~ Lita Ford
I never look at a note. I just roam the stage. The people do not want to leave.
~ Jayne Meadows
I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul.
~ Benmont Tench
No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.
~ Leslie Caron
I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note out until I'm blue in the face... because I have such a big lung capacity.
~ Jessica Simpson
I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.
~ Michael Ealy
I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.
~ Michael Schenker
You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right.
~ Ciaran Hinds
Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.
~ Daniel Barenboim
I can hold a note, but that's about it.
~ Savion Glover
That's the thing about the blues: It's one thing to hit a note on a guitar. To make it matter is something else altogether.
~ Joe Bonamassa
I don't think I could ever be in a band if we just had to go out there and play the record note for note. I'd give up. I'd become a banker.
~ Peter Frampton
Gaming notebooks aren't that abundant. Not that many gamers are able to play on notebooks.
~ Jensen Huang
Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
~ Luciano Pavarotti
I don't think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, there is where the artistry lies!!
~ Artur Schnabel
Once you start to play together, vibing off each other in the scene, it's not just the notes - it's the music. The script might be the notes playing, but we're making it music.
~ Stephen Henderson
As long as I can sing and hit the notes, I want to do that.
~ Trisha Yearwood
I still struggle with my low notes. It's just always been something for me: I'm not a low singer. I have a really high voice.
~ Cassadee Pope