Performing Quotes - Page 16

• Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

  Anne Lamott

  Thinking, Play, Miles

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.222, Anchor

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• The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were singing in between the notes, weeping and joyful at the same time, and I felt like their voices or something was rocking me in its bosom, holding me like a scared kid, and I opened up to that feeling-and it washed over me.

  Anne Lamott

  Song, Kids, Voice

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, p.49, Anchor

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• There came a moment in the middle of the song when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that he never forgot that he was part of something much bigger

  Brian Andreas

  Song, Rooms, Moments

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• But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never sound like a record; a record should sound like a live show.

  Brandi Carlile

  Years, Two, Sound

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• There's a certain sense of ownership that the fans have over you....The thing is, it's all good. You just have to get used to it. If somebody comes up to you while you're eating dinner or something, it's kind of like, 'Well, I asked for it.' It's much better than the alternative-nobody caring and nobody buying your music. The point is to try to just realize that these people are really excited, and that's a good thing. You want them to be that way.

  Carrie Underwood

  Caring, People, Over You

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• I'm not in a situation where you get a thousand scripts. You want to make a living, you want to put your kids through school. I'd rather do three bad films that pay well than do one good film every three years that doesn't pay well. ... To me, if you can get a steady check in this business, you're doing okay.

  Eugene Levy

  School, Kids, Years

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• I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.

  B. B. King

  Young, Kicks, Stills

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• One of the reasons my father ... became a dentist was so he could always be home for dinner and spend weekends with his family. At one point he had thought about being a musician, but he said, I'm not going to do that because I'd be on the road all the time and I wouldn't be with my family.

  Dean Ornish

  Father, Home, Weekend

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• Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist.

  Kenneth Tynan

  Hands, Fists, Palms

  Kenneth Tynan (1961). “Curtains: Selections from the Drama Criticism and Related Writings”

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• Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.

  Richard Strauss

  Looks, Trombone

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• I knew when I was in high school that I wanted a job where they'd applaud if I showed up.

  Cheryl Wheeler

  Jobs, School, Wanted

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• I thought A Prairie Home Companion would be an interesting thing to do for a summer or so. Public radio was just seven years old in 1974. It was a tiny organization in which a lot of things got started simply because there was all this time to fill. If you wanted to do an hour on Lithuanian folk dancing, you probably could have done it.

  Garrison Keillor

  Summer, Home, Years

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• The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Instruments, Audience

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• They're still in good shape, but I'm not flashing them anymore. I'm an old lady. I leave all the flesh to the kids.

  Tina Turner

  Kids, Shapes, Flesh

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• I'm going to the lobby to sign babies and kiss CDs.

  Tom Rush

  Baby, Kissing, Cds

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• I saw a sign in Boulder. It said, 'Live Music and Darts.' Chicken wire isn't going to help at all.

  Tom Rush

  Wire, Boulders, Saws

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• I wanted to do a set of love songs for Valentine's Day so I went through my old material. I found myself scraping around the edges of good taste.

  Tom Rush

  Song, Valentine, Taste

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• Marlon once said to me about being an actor: Can you imagine going to work every day and pretending to be someone else?

  Mike Medavoy

  Actors, Imagine, Pretending

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• Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't be able to do it. As they say: Where ignorance is bliss it's folly to be wise.

  Larry Eisenberg

  Wise, Ignorance, Character

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• We suffered for our music. Now, it's your turn.

  Sam Bush

  Turns

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• To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further in the play to serve the writer and to understand yourself in that context is how you continue to grow and learn.

  Kevin Spacey

  Night, Play, Trying

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• Some days you feel like you've had the greatest ego massage, then the next day you've been trampled on.

  Judy Woodruff

  Next Day, Ego, Massage

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• There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.

  Linda Ronstadt

  Fashion, Looks, Attention

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• Music is a work in progress. On a record, it gets frozen in time. And it's oddly unnatural.

  Linda Ronstadt

  Progress, Records, Frozen

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• No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.

  Loretta Lynn

  Song, White, Perfect

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