Gigs Quotes - Page 15

• The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. It’s just kind of like the facts of life; the practice makes perfect thing. Keep your fingers crossed, start from the bottom and work your way up.

  Ed Sheeran

  Writing, Practice, Perfect

  "Redhead Redemption: Ed Sheeran". Interview with Ilana Kaplan, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 14, 2011.

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• I have a great team. A lot of my focus every day is with my television and film career, directing and producing, and I guess you can say that my moonlighting gig is Tropfest. Obviously, when I am not working I am in the Tropfest office full-time.

  John Polson

  Team, Careers, Office

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• 'Hairspray' was my first Broadway show. In the meantime, after the show was over, I would go down and do gigs at these clubs that I wasn't even old enough to get into. That continued on, and I think what ended up happening was that I just got these incredible opportunities on Broadway.

  Laura Bell Bundy

  Thinking, Opportunity, Firsts

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• Acting is a great gig. It pays well, I get to meet some nice people, and it allows me to play a lot of golf. I'm a real lucky guy.

  Clint Howard

  Nice, Real, Golf

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel like I'm always being challenged by my voice acting roles, for multiple different reasons. I still get nervous every time I book a gig.

  Ashly Burch

  Book, Voice, Acting

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• The idea of hearing, 'Great gig, man,' one more time just turns my stomach over.

  John Lydon

  Men, Ideas, Hearing

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• I saw my first gig here actually (Festival Hall in Brisbane) Duran Duran.

  Bernard Fanning

  Festivals, Saws, Firsts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule...I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker.

  Serena Williams

  Believe, Tennis, Comedian

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• No, that's what I think God does to you. He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable. And for most of that time, I have to say, my personal life was pretty miserable.

  Joan Collins

  Thinking, Giving, Doe

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• For me, practice isn't doing scales but doing things like writing, jamming with other people, or playing gigs.

  Tommy Bolin

  Writing, Practice, People

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• I auditioned [for America's Most Talented Kids] just to see where I would rank. I had been playing [gigs] around town, and I wanted to see what people thought of me because when I played a show, everyone would clap but I didn't know what they were really thinking.

  Cheyenne Kimball

  Kids, Thinking, America

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• Forty years ago, my life in music was substantially different to today. I went out every night with my guitar seeking a place to sing, a floor on which to lie, some love, some food, a lot of wine. There was no business, no gigs, no questions, no P.R., recording, life was simpler, I was poor and young and hungry. Today I am a lot more focused on The Song.

  Christy Moore

  Song, Lying, Wine

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• The place that I worked I used to joke about it. There was a, every morning at 10:30 I'd come into work and I'd go into this cubicle that had a little upright piano and fake white cork bricks on the wall, and a little slate that came out of the wall that you could actually write on. And a door that locked from the outside. Every day from 10 to 6, we'd go in there and pretend that we were 13 year old girls and write these songs. That was the gig.

  Al Kooper

  Girl, Song, Morning

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• I think I probably learned something from almost every gig that I've done, not only because each occurred at a different phase of my development, but because each one had something different to offer. Ideally, you should be able to get something out of everything, positive or negative. And if it's negative, try to turn it into some kind of learning experience.

  Vinnie Colaiuta

  Thinking, Trying, Negative

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• I really don't want to thank my wife because I could be bussing tables at the Daily Grill right now if not for her. Jesus, what a gig that'd be.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Jesus, Wife, Tables

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• For example, instead of being asked to write an article, suddenly editors wanted me to make super-short videos. The assumptions of those video gigs was that kids don't read as much news and basically need to be read to, which I found really problematic and kind of insulting. I thought, Isn't it just that you don't have any money and that's why you want me to make some crappy "content" for your website?

  Astra Taylor

  Kids, Writing, Editors

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Obviously I still gig on my own, but I've always heard my music with a band.

  George Ezra

  Band, Heard, Stills

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• One springs to mind: one of our very first gigs in a small East Texas town was not well promoted. At least, that was our conclusion. After the band loaded in and the curtain opened, we realized there was exactly one paying customer in the audience. We kind of made the best of it playing through the first set, took a break and bought him a Coke and then went on to perform for the remainder of the night. It wasn't exactly a catastrophe but it certainly stands as legendary.

  Billy Gibbons

  Spring, Night, Texas

  "BYT Interviews: Billy Gibbons". Interview with Jonny Grave, brightestyoungthings.com. January 18, 2016.

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• You never get tired of making money, and you never get tired of a great acting gig, a same role that you can play for years, with wonderful writing and wonderful actors.

  Peter Jacobson

  Writing, Tired, Years

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I started working as an actor, semi-professionally, when I was 16, and got my first professional gig at 19. I guess I've kind of worked pretty consistently since then.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Actors, Firsts, Kind

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I just want to move forward with what I love to do. I also love to travel and I love my family. If I have a gig and I'm going to do that, great. If not, I'll go visit my family or do a bit of traveling. I try to keep life full, in every way.

  Tracy Spiridakos

  Moving, I Love My Family, Trying

  Source: collider.com

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• I've been playing live gigs since I was 13. I really don't know how to do anything else, and please God strike me down.

  Joshua Homme

  Strikes, Please, Know How

  "Queens of the Stone Age". Interview with David Raposa, pitchfork.com. July 10, 2005.

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• It's always good to play New York. The Apollo is a great gig. I loved that.

  Paul Weller

  New York, Play, Apollo

  Source: www.clashmusic.com

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• The hardest gig there is in entertainment is to be the lead in an hour show, especially if it's a show that's blood and guts and fighting. It's rough. I love to work, but to do something different is really exciting.

  Kevin Bacon

  Fighting, Blood, Entertainment

  "Kevin Bacon on ‘I Love Dick’, ‘Tremors’, and Becoming a TV Actor". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 24, 2016.

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• My drummer right now, who was also the first drummer in Weeping Tile, Jon McCann, told me that [Hip drummer] Johnny Fay took drum lessons from [McCann's] dad, who taught a lot of the drummers in Kingston. He said that when he was in Grade 9, the Hip were the model; the goal was to get an agent and gig as much as possible.

  Sarah Harmer

  Dad, Goal, Agents

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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