Quotes about Performing

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I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art. — Kamand Kojouri
It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought. — Jewel, Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story
I am not an actress. I am a mistress of disguise. Acting happens to be one of the perks — Janna Cachola
In musical performances one can sense that the person on stage is having a good time even if they're singing a song abou — David Byrne, How Music Works
To be a scholar study math, to be a smart study magic. — Amit Kalantri
When you play, never mind who listens to you. — Robert Schumann
Play always as if in the presence of a master. — Robert Schumann
It reset and mended my freshly damaged and distorted view of life, and made me recognize that this thing we call music, — Bob Mould, See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody
In the early days, I might have gotten on stage and begun to sing as a desperate attempt to communicate, but now I found — David Byrne, How Music Works
When I create a masterpiece I feel alive! When my creation is revered I feel immortal. — Euphoria Godsent
You can reach maximum performance by engaging in physical activities. — Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Dare to outlearn your best performance. — Lailah Gifty Akita
Music is exciting and easy to enjoy, the rhythm and voice.It does not need interpretation. That is why it is called the — Ellen J. Barrier, The Price We Must Pay for Our Father's Sins
Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either. — Frederik L. Schodt, Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--and Japan to the West
It only becomes art if it touches other people. — Andreas Eschbach, The Carpet Makers
I like performing because it's direct contact with live people. I write a good deal of the time but that's introspective — Oliver
Sometimes the stage terrifies me,” I confessed. “But being here alone like this, it’s freeing.”Solitude can be freeing,” — Lesa Howard, Phantom's Dance
One forgets that part of one's performance is one's history—or sometimes the lack of it. You're playing against what an — David Byrne, How Music Works
if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time. — Elaine Stritch
We change our attitudes, our careers, our relationships. Even our age changes minute by minute. We change our politics, — Kate Bornstein, My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely