#perform

Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to the bar on the corner and hear music. It was available for a fifteen cent beer. ↗

— Archie Shepp

#available #bar #become #beer #black

The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#appreciation #audience #back #comprehend #could

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#athlete #competition #done #even #good

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction. ↗

— Joel Siegel

#direction #excellent #performances #understand

It's physically very, very, very trying to be onstage as a performer, not unlike an athlete, for thirty years. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#onstage #performer #physically #thirty #trying

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise. ↗

— Kate Smith

#controversy #entertainer #himself #his #keep

You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life. ↗

— Tom Kenny

#grasp #just #kind #life #performers

I've been performing on stage since I was six years old. ↗

— Jewel Kilcher

#i #old #performing #since #six

I think 'SNL' is so well-known for its musical performances, as well, and people really breaking into America through a really great performance on there. So I think me and Gotye are both really excited to be amongst such company. You know, it's great. ↗

— Kimbra

#amongst #both #breaking #company #excited

You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it. ↗

— Don King

#longevity #performance #quality #you