#concerts

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four. ↗

— Carly Simon

#do you know #done #how #i #know

When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#boring #collaborations #concerts #designers #did

I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung. ↗

— John McCormack

#because #career #concerts #days #dream

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american idol #believe #children #concerts #counterparts

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find. ↗

— Norman Granz

#biggest #concerts #could #doing #find

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV. ↗

— Rupert Holmes

#arenas #became #because #clubs #concerts

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#attended #berlin #concerts #enjoyed #especially

I never really went to any concerts that I wasn't in. ↗

— Slick Rick

#concerts #i #never #really #went

When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father's concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw something happening with the audience. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#audience #concerts #encores #father #happening

My aunt had a season ticket for the Friday afternoon concerts, and I would go down for lessons. My lessons were Saturday morning. ↗

— Robert Ripley

#aunt #concerts #down #friday #friday afternoon