Quotes About Performance

That period between finishing the film and opening night is agonising. That's part of why actors go from job to job - so they don't have to live with the anxiety in the interim.

The first album was more born from busking - they were the 'me-and-my-guitar' songs. Going out on the road and opening for big acts changes you. You look out at those audiences and start to think, 'OK, I need to write some music that's a little bit bigger.'

Ultimately, the one who scores the winning run is a finisher, irrespective of whether he's an opening batsman or No 11. What matters is how much you are contributing. If you can win matches for your team, you are a finisher.

The true meaning of an artist/actor is opening my heart to the audience and, at the same time, opening their heart.

What's an opening night without forgetting some lyrics?

We've played every dirty rock-and-roll club in America, and we've been opening acts for everyone.

Teams expect a lot from an opening batsman. It is a lot of responsibility.

For an opening batsman, it's important to hit a few balls in the middle of the bat and get a few boundaries going.

As an opening batsman, it's my responsibility to spend as much time in the middle as I can and try and get big scores in the first innings so that we don't have to bat in the second innings.

Generally speaking people that come to an amphitheater show, they're not coming to see the opening band.

My most memorable moment was performing at our first concert, Twiceland: The Opening.

I think by me playing inside-out, it's really been opening up that 3-point shot for me.

If I'm opening up for George Jones or playing a complete honky-tonk, I do true country music. But if it's a complete rock club, I'll do some country and a little bit of this hillbilly acoustic country metal or whatever it's called.

If it's an evening with Toto, that usually means there's no opening act.

Opening for the first time in Test cricket, I scored 128 against the likes of Sarfraz Nawaz and Imran Khan.

When you're opening for someone, there's no pressure.

I just love playing for England, whether it's opening or middle order.

I am a middle-order batsman. Delivering a 100-crore hit each time is the job of the opening batsman. I will come, do my job to the best of my abilities and leave the rest to my audience.

If you set the bar so high like in my opening season then you do have to try to maintain that.

When it comes to work, there is a fear factor around meritocracy. People are afraid of being openly judged. However, when you know what you are being measured against, it's empowering.

As actors, we do our best to keep things light and to encourage in the audience an openness to the changing atoms in the room.

If you play well and consistently, it opens up a lot of opportunities.

Look at Colby Covington. The guy can fight, and the guy can talk. To a lot of people, he just grinds people out, and many people consider him boring, but because he opens his mouth, people want to watch him fight. A lot of people want to see him win; a lot of people want to see him lose.

Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.