Performers Quotes
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I think one of the most wonderful things we can do as performers is to remind audiences that they can still relate to the emotions and feelings, as though the music had been written yesterday.
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I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation.
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Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.
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My advice to aspiring performers is trust your instincts, 9 times out of 10 they are perfect.
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There's a lot that goes into training, singers to eventually become performers. There's, projection, uh, which in many cases the artist was never concerned about.
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Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn.
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I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.
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Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.
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Some writers are more natural public performers than others; personally I find it quite strange giving interviews. But everyone has parts of their job that they like more than others. You can't complain if you get to do what you love doing most of the time, can you?
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It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer and the performer has confidence in the crowd.
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'Center Stage' reached people that, as live performers, we would have never had the opportunity to reach.
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I think Elvis loved his fans - I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them.
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I find that so often this work can so easily overcome you and knock you out of balance and become all you think about and all you care about and all you feel is important in your life, and it's kind of the opposite. Relationships first and people first and then you can be a great performer.
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I wasn't really a performer by temperament.
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Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.
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I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.
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You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.
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I'm a performer. That's what I do. That and making money - it's the passion and the care factor for the people that support your passion, the people that support you, it's the kind of people that go crazy and love your stuff.
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I'm not a natural performer. I don't like performing very much.
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As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.
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Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.
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One piece of advice that I would give to any young athlete or performer is remember to thank your mom.
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You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!
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When I first went on the stage I was 17 and under the legal age for performers.
