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Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart. -- Adrian Edmondson
I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world. -- Tony Bennett
If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum. -- Peter Maxwell Davies
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. -- Elton John
Performers and their public should never meet. Once the curtain comes down, the performer should fly away like a magician's dove. -- Edith Piaf
Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart. -- Adrian Edmondson
All the world's indeed a stage And we are merely players Performers and portrayers Each another's audience outside the gilded cage -- Neil Peart
We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings. -- Laurence Olivier
Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobody can judge unless they've worn those shoes. -- Olivia Hussey
Performers like to perform, and there's certainly no disgrace in entertaining people, in giving pleasure, you hope, through your singing. My work defines who I am. -- Kiki Dee
Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available. -- Penn Jillette
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists. -- Stephen Sondheim
Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights. -- Hal David
I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway. -- Yoko Ono
Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose. -- Jane Campion
Performers may play in the studio, but they need to go out and tour every once in a while to keep their edge, or a performer who is a stranger may be asked to "sit in" on a set. -- John Kao
Performers love to perform - that's the thing that we do. I think one of the best things was being able to imagine anything that I wanted, anything that I came up with we could do, because this theater is unbelievable. -- Cher
There are two types of people, two types of performers: Performers who know how to keep a show going literally when the power is gone and performers who haven't had that much experience and will panic and freak out and don't know what to do. -- El-P
No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth. -- Harry Houdini
We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known. -- Penn Jillette
Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford. -- Jamie Farr
I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers. -- Bobby Vinton
Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers. -- Jamie Farr
Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers. -- Les Baxter
I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired. -- Marc Maron
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. -- Ted Williams
That's why I never took this business too seriously, thinking I was something special, when I knew the truly great performers in motion pictures. pictures. -- Robert Stack
But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath. -- Harry Houdini
While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht. -- David Antin
I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their stuff. You can tell right away they're real people, ya know? -- Alan Vega
If you stay half-alert, you can pick the spectacular performers right from your place of business or out of the neighborhood shopping mall, and long before Wall Street discovers them. -- Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.
Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best. -- Bobby Vinton
I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist. -- James Daly
I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me. -- Khandi Alexander
Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job. -- Tony Visconti
But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands. -- Michael Tilson Thomas
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I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed. -- Elton John
The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing future audiences and performers. -- Leonard Slatkin
To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing. -- Elizabeth Bibesco
There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others. -- Janet Jackson
I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not. -- Yoko Ono
I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performers who are either under five feet and over seven feet tall. -- Warwick Davis
I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson. -- Jennifer Lopez
When I went on to write my next book, Working With Emotional Intelligence, I wanted to make a business case that the best performers were those people strong in these skills. -- Daniel Goleman
I'm from the school that great performers and great leaders create more great leaders. Give people other experiences, other responsibilities. Have them join organizations within the company and outside the company. -- John Stumpf
I'm so thankful for the Internet because actors and singers and performers now have a way to connect with their fans on a very personal level which I think is quite special. -- Ariana Grande
Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection. -- Alban Berg
I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I think he's probably got a bit of a rough ride occasionally because he became so mainstream and so popular. -- Rick Astley
Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away. -- Andy Kaufman
Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics. -- Cuba Gooding, Jr.
All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny. -- Idina Menzel
If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!' -- Evander Holyfield
After costs, only the top 3% of managers produce a return that indicates they have sufficient skill to just cover their costs, which means that going forward, and despite extraordinary past returns, even the top performers are expected to be only as good as a low-cost passive index fund. The other 97% can be expected to do worse. -- Eugene Fama
It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way. -- Kevin Spacey
I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. We're loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life. -- Jennifer Lopez
I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like. -- A. R. Rahman
Conductors are performers. -- Michael Tilson Thomas
Great performers welcome pressure. -- John Eliot
I think most performers are just lazy. -- Aaron Watson
Birds are the first and the greatest performers. -- Olivier Messiaen
Exceptional performers are masterful opportunists, keenly alert to opportunity! -- Brian Tracy
Top performers take action now, they move, they execute. -- Tony Jeary
Even world class performers can benefit from walk breaks. -- Jeff Galloway
Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis. -- Robin Sharma
Bill Cosby is one of America's most successful black performers. -- Renee Montagne
Ordinary performers have giant TVs. Extraordinary performers have huge libraries. -- Robin Sharma
I'm usually put off by performers when they get political -- Tracey Ullman
They who are to be judges must also be performers. -- Aristotle
Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members. -- Martha Reeves
I so miss musical theater. Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers. -- Brianna Brown
Not surprisingly, work-life moaners tend to be a phenomenon of below-average performers. -- Jack Welch
Audiences are far from being as dumb as some performers seem to think. -- Theodore Annemann
Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration. -- Beyonce Knowles
Failing to remember is the primary reason for most performers' poor practising habits. -- Howard Snell
Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time. -- Claire Danes
Just as performers, I think you'd be an idiot not to utilize YouTube. -- Noel Wells
It's personalities, it's conflict, it's all of these things that actually make performers interesting. -- Simon Cowell
I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous. -- Jenny Slate
I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation. -- George Bernard Shaw
All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream. -- John Eliot
I was so fortunate to sing and work with so many amazing performers and artists. -- Rayvon Owen
I must say Ive always composed music from the point of view of the performers. -- Walter Piston
Be intensely result-oriented in everything you do. This is a key characteristic of high performers. -- Brian Tracy
Veteran performers are dying off, and new acts simply aren't emerging on the national scene. -- Brian Setzer
Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions. -- Charles Garfield
My advice to aspiring performers is trust your instincts, 9 times out of 10 they are perfect. -- Erica Schroeder
Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers. -- Anna Faris
When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts. -- Paul Lansky
Great performers are preparing and practicing for a winning day while everyone else is still asleep. -- Robin Sharma
Every performer should learn a little bit of everything. Most performers today only play the guitar. -- Debbie Reynolds
When I first went on the stage I was 17 and under the legal age for performers. -- Ethel Waters
Street performers, homemade crafts, keep your wallet in your front pocket and don't buy any crap! -- Camryn Manheim
Broadway is not just the song and the shows; it's the individual performers and the community. -- Darren Criss
If you look at high performers they are always the most passionate - in any industry. -- Brendon Burchard
There are a lot of bands and performers whose careers are permanently derailed by spectacularly bad management. -- Amanda Marshall
The worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers. -- James Agate
I'm honored to be in a position to have young girls or performers look up to me. -- Lea Michele
Actors and magicians are both performers, and they represent things that are not necessarily who they are. -- Steve Carell
Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack. -- John Eliot
The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks. -- Charles Garfield
I learn through listening and watching other performers that are very good, like Denise ChÃ¡vez, Dorothy Allison. -- Sandra Cisneros
I believe a lot in the relationship between performers. When you're supported by someone's eyes, you're not alone. -- Clemence Poesy
You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life. -- Tom Kenny
I will say, the performers in the musical are some of the most super-talented people I've ever seen. -- Tom Scharpling
The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change. -- John Monks
I've always liked extreme performers; I don't think I am one, but my mentality is in line with that. -- Dee Dee Ramone
Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be. -- Lyle Lovett
I have more contact with people who consume, for lack of a better word, my product than any other performers. -- Penn Jillette
Every great dance company, even when it seems poised in perfect balance, needs constant renewal of both repertory and performers. -- Robert Gottlieb
Nowadays, performers worry too much about how they look. They're not concerned about what they're really saying to their audience. -- Gloria Trevi
Some people are probably saner. They're good performers, and they go about their day. I just get obsessive about it. -- Judd Apatow
Having the presence of mind to react to any situation onstage is what makes the best performers keep their spontaneity intact. -- Marni Nixon
Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior? -- Camille Paglia
Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. -- Yo-Yo Ma
TWINS by Nefesch is a fantastic piece of truly impromptu mentalism which will only be performed by fearless performers. Highly recommended! -- Keith Barry
There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed. -- Sandra Bernhard
Radio continues to be the very best advertising music performers have. No one who ever grabbed a Grammy got there without radio. -- Gordon Smith
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I've worked with genius performers. Sometimes they created great work with a bad script... but not often. Play it safe: write well. -- Jerry Juhl

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