Nomi Ruiz Quotes
People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really get to see during our live show and hear on our record 'See The Light.'
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Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters, the more they see.
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I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.
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My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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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 try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.
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Touring on 'Folie' was like being the last act at the vaudeville show: We were rotten vegetable targets in clandestine hoods.
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There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.
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This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one's going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone's going to see it. So it's always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed.
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Teams are always hitting me in the gut, trying to grab me when I jump and stuff like that. But I expect it.
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I go out with a lot of British people. Some of them say I sound a little tipsy.
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I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.
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My mustrious lordship, i'll show you what a woman can do.
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When you've been part of a show that has made so many people happy and continues to do so to this day, it's hard to resent it, ... Besides that, I'm also known as Maynard, which means I say 'WORK?!?!' for fans almost as much as I say, 'Skipper!'
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I had been out of form during the last two weeks and I wanted to show the coaching staff I was back to my best. We didn't want the wooden spoon either.
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I never do a show where the people just sit there and look at me. They always sing along. It's going to be a fun time.
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It is a good deal easier for most people to state an abstract idea than to describe and thus re-create some object they actually see.
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The truth is, "What is a journalist?" is one of those questions for which there is no proper answer. The prehistory of modern journalism shows it has been a ragged and confusing trade all the way through.
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People expect us to be a straight up dance band but there are many more elements to our sound that you really get to see during our live show and hear on our record 'See The Light.'
