Stage Quotes
-
All the great cellists I revered played on this stage, including Casals, du Pré, Rostropovich, and, most of all, Mr. J. I was blown away by the thought of the impending concert. Like the old joke about Carnegie Hall, there is only one way to get to Avery Fisher and, that is, “practice, practice, practice.”
-
I've fallen over on stage a couple of times, but I've only ever bruised my ego.
-
On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.
-
I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.
-
I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.
-
I loved Ingrid Bergman. I sat and saw her on the stage in a theater in the round.
-
There's something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up.
-
Yeah, ... because a six-foot stage to him is like jumping off a 30-story building for us.
-
I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.
-
Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.
-
When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.
-
Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage.
-
Listen, I would love to win an Emmy at some stage or another. I can't pretend not to.
-
When I got on stage, I felt this bolt of electricity hit me, and it was this shock of, 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.'
-
We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.
-
The real meaning of persona is a mask, such as actors were accustomed to wear on the ancient stage; and it is quite true that no one shows himself as he is, but wears his mask and plays his part. Indeed, the whole of our social arrangements may be likened to a perpetual comedy; and this is why a man who is worth anything finds society so insipid, while a blockhead is quite at home in it.
-
I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.
-
My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.
-
I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage.
-
Basically, I grew up watching Carter girls on stage, watching my grandmother, my mom and my aunts perform. They used to say, 'Okay, Carter girls, you're on!'
-
We were doing this outdoor show in Salt Lake City, we were about a mile above sea level to start with and it was about 45 minutes before I got my first break. During the sound check they didn't have a drape up but for the show they put it up right behind the drum kit. When I got up, the lighting rig was really low and I hit my head on it, and grabbed hold of what I thought was a solid wall but it was the drape and I fell off the back of the stage. I almost lost a testicle. I had quite a bruise.
-
The Bassbone works great in the studio or on the live stage. Throw it in your gig bag and take it wherever you go.
-
You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage.
-
Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it. I'm 24 years old, I've got a load a money, what am I gonna do, sit at home and twiddle me thumbs? No. I'm gonna go out and 'ave it.
