#forming

There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe. ↗

— David Friedman

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The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean something to me, so I searched my life experience and realized that acting and performing were activities that I enjoyed all aspects of. ↗

— Gil Gerard

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I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way. ↗

— Adam Lambert

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My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#because #bread #bring #home #i

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

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And because performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no. ↗

— Josie Maran

#always #because #being #create #film

One of the great virtues, apart from the pleasure of performing these works, is that it's opened up an entirely new, expansive repertoire of American Jewish music. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#apart #entirely #expansive #great #great virtues

I'm more interested in writing than in performing. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#interested #more #performing #than #writing

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

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