Gigs Quotes - Page 4

• I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

  Henry Rollins

  People, Elements, Today

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• I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

  Nigel Kennedy

  Hate, Play, Complacency

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• When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.

  Adam Sandler

  Two, Sometimes, Week

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• I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

  Buddy Guy

  Happiness, Smile, Music

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• The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

  Bill Bruford

  Best Practices, Shapes, Feels

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• I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence.

  Julian Casablancas

  Clothes, Giving, Care

  Interview with Will Welch, www.gq.com. October 20, 2009.

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• I've had a few gigs where things have got out of hand and there has been a huge crush with my fans. They are important and I don't want them being hurt. They are a mad crowd.

  Justin Bieber

  Crush, Hurt, Hands

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• My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.

  John Bonham

  Ukulele, Nerves, Fine

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• I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking tea in a caravan.

  John Bonham

  Drinking, Tired, Blow

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• Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.

  John Abercrombie

  Thinking, Play, Phrases

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• Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.

  Arthur Godfrey

  Writing, Who I Am, Years

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• I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

  Michael Ironside

  Actors, Unions, Firsts

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• I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.

  Johnny Ramistella

  Thinking, Cities, Soul

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• It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

  Jo Brand

  Nasty, Difficult

  "Portrait of the artist: Jo Brand, comedian". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2010.

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• I mean, look, I wear makeup in films. I don't wear makeup in real life. It's just part of the gig, that's all.

  Bruce Willis

  Real, Mean, Makeup

  "Interview: Bruce Willis (16 Blocks)". trouble.city. February 13, 2006.

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• I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.

  John Lithgow

  Fun, Home, Long

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• Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man.

  Wes Montgomery

  Night, Men, Kansas

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• I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at school... no interview required.

  Chris Hemsworth

  School, Interviews, Pumps

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• In college I had a weekend gig at a restaurant, a solo thing that was the best practice I could have ever had. That's where I learned to coordinate my singing and my piano playing.

  Norah Jones

  Weekend, College, Best Practices

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• I went to Texas a few times for gigs and adopted the cowboy look. Every man, at some point in his life, goes through a cowboy stage - everyone! Well, at least everyone that I look up to!

  Theophilus London

  Cowboy, Men, Texas

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• I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices, so he booked a gig for me without telling me. I only had four days to write it. I did a seven-minute set; the first four minutes were terrible, but the last two were amazing.

  Marcus Brigstocke

  Drama, Writing, School

  "60 SECONDS: Marcus Brigstocke". Interview with Paul Kevan, metro.co.uk. June 27, 2007.

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• Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

  Ray Stevenson

  Sometimes, Enough, Profile

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

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• Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got to learn a lot. I'm glad I got to explore getting comfortable in my own shoes in the background on a show like 'Gossip Girl.'

  Dreama Walker

  Girl, Real, Shoes

  "The Interpretation of Dreama". Interview with Alex Chapman, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 11, 2012.

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• I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.

  Tinie Tempah

  Couple, People, Style

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• The anxiety of not knowing what my next gig is keeps me hungry.

  Ben Schwartz

  Knowing, Anxiety, Next

  Source: www.avclub.com

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