Gigs Quotes - Page 11

• I refuse, whenever possible, to do shows on a Monday. I don't do gigs on a Monday, because nobody laughs on Mondays. Everybody wants Monday to be over. I just won't do 'em. But the rest of the time, in all honesty, it doesn't matter where you are: if something's funny, people laugh.

  John Bishop

  Monday, Honesty, Laughing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to outer space? Mötley Crüe could be the first band to play on the moon.

  Tommy Lee

  Moon, Rocks, Play

  "Is this it?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2009.

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• My friends are the ones I've had since primary school. They're really cool and such a good bunch of people. They came to every one of my gigs before all of this happened, you know; they were there in the smoky pubs, wherever.

  Leona Lewis

  School, People, Really Cool

  "Is Leona Lewis too sweet to be a star?" by Liz Jones, www.dailymail.co.uk. March 1, 2008.

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• I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.

  Jennifer Carpenter

  Thinking, Would Be, Television

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• After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.

  Jimmy Carr

  Night, Words Of Wisdom, Watches

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• Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

  Ricky Jay

  Jobs, Writing, Challenges

  Interview with Geoff Nicholson, www.sfgate.com. May 21, 2011.

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• I use Twitter as a tool to get involved with people, to sell tickets to gigs where I can stand in a room and smell the audience - and I love that!

  Rob Delaney

  Smell, People, Tools

  "Rob Delaney: 'Twitter has rocketed me to a whole new level of standup'". Interview With Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2012.

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• 'Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play.

  John Mahoney

  Thinking, Play, Artistic

  Interview with Novid Parsi, www.timeout.com. April 1, 2008.

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• My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14.

  Ernie Isley

  Brother, Memories, Night

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• I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.

  Laura Bell Bundy

  Girl, New York, Band

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• After filming, I cant wait to shake off all that 50s primness. Ill go out to a gig and dance ridiculously. I love to lose myself in music. Just letting go - its dead important.

  Jessica Raine

  Letting Go, Waiting, Important

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• To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling.

  June Squibb

  New York, Acting, Add

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• If the baby is sick, you won't find me showing up to play my gigs. If I have a contract, there is going to be a clause in that contract saying that if the baby is sick I will not appear.

  Phoebe Snow

  Baby, Play, Sick

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• I realized that performing was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as a dancer with my company Synergy in Canada. I was overwhelmed with how it felt to perform in front of an audience.

  Catherine Mary Stewart

  Dancer, Canada, Firsts

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• I was feeling that I was the in the dead-end circuit from 1980 to 1983, and I didn't know what else to do. I remember doing a show in some college town, in a tiny club, and afterward some fans came back. I thought I had done good gig and they were going to tell me that.

  Iggy Pop

  College, Feelings, Done

  "New Again: Iggy Pop". Interview With Lisa Robinson, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2016.

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• There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years. Sean and I started taking lessons with them and they gave us a great foundation in bluegrass instrumentation. They were the lens through which I saw music for a very long time.

  Sara Watkins

  Brother, Night, Years

  "BYT Interviews: Sara Watkins". Interview with Mary Beth McAndrews, brightestyoungthings.com. February 29, 2016.

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• I wanted to do gigs where you've just got mirrors on the stage, and then you light the crowd so they look at the stage and all they can see is themselves. It's just like, "There you go, it's you, you cunts."

  Aphex Twin

  Mirrors, Light, Looks

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I was used to hanging out late after playing a gig - you mix adrenaline with alcohol and you can stay up all night.

  Kurt Vile

  Night, Alcohol, Used

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When I look back, I don't remember the best of the best. I don't remember arena shows with 20,000 people. I remember funky little bar gigs where nobody shows up. The weirdest of the weird are what you retain.

  Vince Gill

  People, Arena, Bars

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• My first feature film was a movie called 'A Gunfight,' with Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Karen Black, Jane Alexander, Raf Vallone... It was shot in Santa Fe, Mexico, in 1970, and it was directed by Lamont Johnson. It was the first gig I did when I got to California from having done 'Hair' in New York on Broadway for a year. It was a Western, though! But that film was not a successful release.

  Keith Carradine

  New York, Successful, Hair

  "Keith Carradine on 'Deadwood,' 'Fargo,' and Madonna". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

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• There's always competition, especially in the EDM scene, but that keeps me motivated and focused. Everybody is really friendly though. I always enjoy seeing other guys at gigs or festivals. So yeah, there is competition but there are also lots of good vibes.

  Martin Garrix

  Edm, Guy, Competition

  Source: elliesimpsonblog.wordpress.com

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• Donald Rumsfeld also lost his gig last week. When asked what his future plans are, Rumsfeld said, 'What's a plan?'

  Bill Maher

  Lasts, Week, Lost

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• What is Camille Paglia doing, writing that an actress as gifted as Anne Heche has the mental depth of a pancake? How many pancake brains could do what Heche did with David Mamet's dialogue in Wag the Dog? No doubt Heche has been stuck with a few bad gigs, but Paglia, of all people, must be well aware that being an actress is not the same safe ride as being the tenured university professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

  Clive James

  Dog, Art, Writing

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• For decades now, the Democrats have had a good gig buying the votes of government workers with outrageous salaries, benefits and work rules - and then sticking productive earners with the bill. But, now, we're out of money.

  Ann Coulter

  Government, Salary, Benefits

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• "Open Arms" has a lot of unison singing in it. And it works: Grown men will come to our gigs and cry during that one.

  Guy Garvey

  Men, Singing, Arms

  Source: www.spin.com

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