#perform

Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed. ↗

— David K. Shipler

#doing #dramatic #drawn #eye #flourishes

When they are performing in front of the public, they ought to have a sensation that's relatively easy, if the technical and the interpretive work was done before. ↗

— James Levine

#done #easy #front #interpretive #ought

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

#afraid #alone #always #around #becoming

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot. ↗

— Patti LuPone

#eastern #i #kinds #like #listen

I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#answered #away #been #come #cultures

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#any #been #classical #classical composers #composers

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#been #big #big band #biggest #completed

Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral. ↗

— Elizabeth Pena

#apart #could #dog #fall #i

The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors. ↗

— Rob Paulsen

#best #competent #creative #fearless #incredibly

He was a man, he always performed his promises. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#his #man #performed #promises