Peter Silberman Quotes
We’re pretty much constantly on tour right now, and we’ve adapted most of the songs to sound different than they do on record. That keeps us going and engaged, to be changing these songs and sounds, making the live show bigger and washier.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
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My personal style is ever changing.
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
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I am inspired by show girls and Vegas. I was a cabaret performer, so that's where all that influence comes from.
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I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
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My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.
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I'm a lover of songs.
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It's so different when you change your hair color, you're treated so differently. It's a very funny experience. It's fun - I love changing up my hair.
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Ru Paul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.
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I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.
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My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Factory' hosted by Jorgen Raymann. It was in 2006 in Holland. It was amazing. I had only been doing stand-up for four years, and I booked that gig through the Just For Laughs Montreal festival, and they flew me out and put me up.
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We became the songs we wrote.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.
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In my culture we had songs for everything, and that's lost now. There were songs for when people were born, when they died, when they sowed the field, baked bread and they're gone now mostly. I think we need these songs today. One of the reasons people connect to Wardruna in such a personal way is because there is a need for these songs and for that kind of connection to the nameless. Call it nature, god whatever.
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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.
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Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those times that you have a script and you have a few days to prepare it, to really work on sides. But the auditions I was doing in New York, if you got it the night before, you were very lucky.
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If you're racist you're not that clever. I mean, you couldn't even figure out that we're all the f---ing same
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We’re pretty much constantly on tour right now, and we’ve adapted most of the songs to sound different than they do on record. That keeps us going and engaged, to be changing these songs and sounds, making the live show bigger and washier.
