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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It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.
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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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Usually, I'm the kind of actor where you show me once or twice, I can do it. I don't do it creatively, but I know how to do the process.
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History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution.
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If I could read any person's mind, it would be my cat's.
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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.'
