Gigs Quotes - Page 2

• It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there.

  Greg Ginn

  Dream, Real, Years

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• My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.

  Peter Tork

  Favourite, Solo, Happened

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• At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist.

  George Duke

  Ends, Electric, Violinist

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• My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing.

  Van Morrison

  Ambition, Play, Two

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• Mary Gauthier's great. Yeah, we've played a lot of gigs together. She's really wonderful.

  Guy Clark

  Together, Wonderful, Yeah

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• If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.

  Tom Hanks

  Movie, Inspiring, Jobs

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• Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings.

  Chantal Kreviazuk

  Children, Weather, Singing

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• I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.

  Travis Barker

  Song, Band, Months

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• It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.

  Jay McShann

  Kansas City, Two, Cities

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• At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and its more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. Its a lot more fun now with the family.

  Dave Lombardo

  Fun, Vacation, Moments

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• My feet never touched the ground. Lots of good groups with crazy and unique images. It was wild. I spent all of my time doing gigs, TV appearances, interviews, or recording. I could write a book -- and probably will.

  Suzi Quatro

  Crazy, Book, Writing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs.

  Kevin Eubanks

  Strong, Icons, Music Business

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• The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.

  Andy Partridge

  Fun, Years, People

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• People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the bands existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening. Im sure that it probably was. They probably had reasons to be scared.

  Greg Ginn

  People, Black, Labels

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• I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post.

  Tony Kornheiser

  Television, Radio, Posts

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• I do road gigs occasionally but I don't want to go out on the road for months at a time.

  Kathy Griffin

  Want, Months

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• The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could.

  Bill Wyman

  Stones, Odd

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• I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs and then disappear for a while.

  Paul McCartney

  Play, Looks, Disappear

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• My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

  Tom Waits

  Thinking, Firsts, Zappa

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• I had been acting since I was seven years old, but I had a combination of things happen at about the same time. 'Austin Powers' came out on DVD, I got a series regular gig on 'Buffy' and 'Can't Hardly Wait' came out.

  Seth Green

  Dvds, Years, Waiting

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• I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

  Alan Davies

  Acting, Tickets, Helping

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• The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs.

  Neal Schon

  Journey, Monsters, Band

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• I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well.

  Mackenzie Crook

  Thinking, Scary, Buzz

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• If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things.

  James Taylor

  Feel Good, Stage, Feels

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

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• You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, you'll know that we played better the night before or we can play better.

  Liam Gallagher

  Night, Play, Ems

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