Performing Quotes
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Performing at this level requires an absolute commitment and dedication. You can't half commit.
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Marijuana, for me in particular, releases my creative juices. It doesn't work well for performing, but for creating nothing works better.
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There's a difference between performing in Philadelphia to New York as much as a difference between playing in Luton and playing in San Francisco, y’know what I mean?
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Performing an exorcism was like changing your oil. It's a drag, but necessary.
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I can remember a lot of nights performing in those early years where you felt that you hit some good moments, but a lot of the time you're thinking, "Oh, God, this isn't quite making it." So I think that is what makes you in the end refine your view of things a little bit.
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It's always been a dream of mine to be Ginger Rogers or Cyd Charisse, and here I am performing alongside Robert Lindsay and being directed by a major Broadway producer. Who said dreams don't come true?
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Music, it requires more than brawn. It requires a lot of heart. You gotta put love in there.
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No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.
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We're all performing for someone.
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My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.
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By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself.
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To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further in the play to serve the writer and to understand yourself in that context is how you continue to grow and learn.
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I love performing in front of people, no matter where they come from or what language they speak.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much.
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They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.
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I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.
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I never really did years of movie-after-movie-after-movie but when you've got three toddlers in the house you're performing all day long, anyway, with puppet shows and stories - I act around the clock.
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Performing at the CIAA tournament was absolutely so cool because I am proud to say that I am an Alumni of an HBC.
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Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.
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Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.
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Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway.
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If you're performing for the right reasons, it's glorious.
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I put my all into performing so people can walk away knowing a bit more about me and feel the passion in my story.
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The best part about performing is when you can fill the room with energy and you get that vibe back.
