Gigs Quotes - Page 6

• Nothing is worse than going home and having not played a gig.

  Nicki Minaj

  Home, Going Home

  Source: observer.com

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• Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative.

  Harvey Pekar

  Creative, Life Is

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

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• Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

  Beck

  Band, Flyers, Contact

  "Beck: 15 Years". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 17, 2011.

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• I do the same gig. I might change it a little; I might slow it down if I'm in the South. I talk fast, and they're not used to people talking that fast.

  Lewis Black

  Talking, People, Littles

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, tv.avclub.com. June 7, 2006.

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• I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

  Jo Brand

  Three, Nervous, Week

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• When I do stand-up for a long time, I'll get burned out, then I'll get an acting gig. For me, the grass is always greener. I'd like to do a mixture of all of it. My goal is just to do small movies that I've written. That's what I'm trying to do now, just write smaller movies.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Writing, Long, Goal

  Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. March 7, 2007.

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• I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Gone, Stones

  "Marianne Faithfull on life in the '60s". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.stuff.co.nz. February 10, 2013.

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• The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.

  Michael J. Fox

  Character, Unique, Opportunity

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• To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs first, and build up that way, without anyone really seeing them.

  Dhani Harrison

  Play, People, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Guitar gigs were everywhere in the '50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I took a few gigs with an organ band that put me out front.

  George Benson

  Simple, Guitar, Band

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• I've been doing magic since I was five years old, and when I was trying to get acting gigs, I found I could make a good living at it. It's great to kind of shake the cobwebs off and get the feeling of a live audience again. I love close-up magic, the card stuff, the coin stuff, the really up-close David Blaine stuff.

  Steve Valentine

  Years, Feelings, Magic

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• And I never missed one concert. In 89 shows, I think I did one a bit suspect show. In the old days, I'd pull gigs left, right and center because I was too f - - up.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Thinking, Concerts, Shows

  Source: www.nola.com

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• So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame joke-telling. They're drawn to it as a career move.

  Sam Kinison

  Moving, Careers, Numbers

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• I think the one-on-one gigs connecting with the fans - is the most important thing. That will help build your fan base. They'll talk about you, and word spreads. Those things are just as important as knowing how to play an E chord.

  Joan Jett

  Thinking, Play, Knowing

  "Joan Jett Opens Up About Her Biggest Transformation Yet And Looks Back On What Could've Been". Interview with Amy Rose Spiegel, www.buzzfeed.com. September 10, 2013.

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• How smartly September comes in, like a racing gig, all style, no confusion.

  Eleanor Clark

  Confusion, Racing, Style

  Eleanor Clark (1978). “Eyes, etc: a memoir”, HarperCollins

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• If you're looking to freelance, just get as many gigs going as you can, and you can make it work... It's about getting as many side projects as possible, keeping as many balls in the air as you can, and what you're doing, basically, is diversifying your portfolio, with the same kinds of rewards. One falls through, and you still have another one to work on.

  Chris Hardwick

  Fall, Air, Balls

  "How Nerdist Chris Hardwick Gets Things Done". Interview with Kevin Purdy, lifehacker.com. April 29, 2008.

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• Sure, theater is tough because you're not home at night a lot and you work on weekends - every job has its downside. But to do something that you love doing for two hours a night, that's a pretty sweet gig.

  Robert Sean Leonard

  Sweet, Jobs, Home

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• I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.

  Patti LuPone

  Thinking, Games, Eight

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• T.V.s weird because its both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.

  Caitlin Fitzgerald

  Actors, Process, Stage

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• Why not go down the pub? A guy once came up to me at a gig and asked me if I had MySpace. I said, 'This is my space, and you're invading it.'

  Paul Weller

  Space, Guy, Why Not

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• Chocolate thickens the saliva, which isn't good news if you've gotta recite Shakespeare or sing Iron Man. Having said that, you're not supposed to drink tea either but I still do before gigs. It's not very rock and roll, but it's like a magic potion to me.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Men, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

  Dhani Harrison

  Couple, Dad, Japan

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hopefully, there's a place in music for Tinted Windows. If we're really trying to be iconic, we should just stop right now. If one of us could die, that would also help. But I don't think anybody wants that gig.

  Taylor Hanson

  Thinking, Trying, Want

  "Taylor Hanson of Tinted Windows". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. August 30, 2009.

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• Look, if I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

  Tony Hale

  Jobs, Grateful, Looks

  "Veep's Tony Hale talks about Arrested Development and creeping out James Van Der Beek". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. April 27, 2012.

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• People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

  Seth Godin

  People, Mind Your Own Business, Tyranny

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