Performances Quotes
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Before the whole music business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become kind of a vortex of the business. It's such a seismic shift really.
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I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media.
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Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.
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Trust is a powerful accelerator to performance and when trust goes up, speed also goes up while cost comes down - producing what we call a trust dividend.
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.
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My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that's just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun.
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You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to grow.
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Know what it is the emotional statement to convey, and use taste and judgement to help the actors give their best possible performance.
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The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The coach applauds strengths, identifies weaknesses, points up principles, offers guiding and often inspiring imagery, and decides what kind of practice to emphasize.
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Trust is the one thing that affects everything else you're doing. It's a performance multiplier which takes your trajectory upwards, for every activity you engage in, from strategy to execution.
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I love storytelling and I love just relating directly to an audience. That's why we do theatre, it's because we love contact with the audience. We love the fact that the audience will change us. The way the audience responds makes us change our performance.
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You need to be a good screen partner. It's very meaningful to me to be a part of great acting performances.
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Do you have agendas for your children that are more important than the children themselves? Lost in the shuffle of uniforms, practices, games, recitals, and performances can be the creative and joyful soul of your child. Watch and listen carefully. Do they have time to daydream? From their dreams will emerge the practices and activities that will make self-discipline as natural as breathing.
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I told the kids not to get up or down on their performances. It's indoor. We just have to keep believing in ourselves and each other and good things will come.
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Nothing must be left to chance in a magical performance. Everything conducive to enhancing the mystery of the illusions must be arranged with painstaking care and thought.
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Sure, I've done movies in which I was embarrassed by my performance, or might not have cared for a co-star. Then I'd have to tell lies, like, 'Oh, we love each other; everything was perfect!'
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Duane Allman inspired the group to explore the extended jam format that was already a staple of the Allman Brothers act. Moreover, his ferocious slide playing motivated Clapton to turn in some of the finest guitar performances of his career.
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Shah Rukh Khan is a self-made man, and he does inspire with what he does. It is foolish to think that one can try and imitate or modify what he does. I have been original in my performances so far.
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I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary footage of the President speaking to people.
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I was brought up on choirs and brass bands. They formed the music of my childhood. When I heard the Treorchy Male Choir at the Royal Variety Performance it brought back such happy memories. You have your own eminent place in the history of British music. You stand for excellence in a great tradition and your work for charity is both an example and an inspiration.
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Climbing does not mean just competition and performance. It has other qualities that are important: going on trips, meeting people, seeing other cultures.
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For we direct, perform and witness performances every night – theatre cannot die before the last dream has been dreamt.
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In fact, everything I do is about the conceptualizing and realization of a piece of work, whether it's the recording or the performance side.
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I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance.
