#perform

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

#been #i #making #overnight #overnight success

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine. ↗

— Alison Lohman

#about #before #each #even #fine

The one appearance that I made for President Kennedy, he, as I understand, had his choice or was asked to make a list of the people he would like to have perform, and I was fortunate enough to be one of them. ↗

— Julie London

#asked #choice #enough #fortunate #had

I wasn't playing a drag queen - I was playing an extraordinary performer. ↗

— John Lone

#extraordinary #i #performer #playing #queen

Al Gore's performances could be a case study in abnormal-psychology classes. ↗

— Rich Lowry

#case #classes #could #gore #performances

I think Madonna is a wonderful performer. ↗

— Patti LuPone

#i think #madonna #performer #think #wonderful

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 think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#alive #being #best #comes #feel

One of the things I love about music is live performance. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#i #i love #live #live performance #love

I've had over a dozen models come in and pose fro me live for these new Cirque pieces. Cirque is a world-wide phenomenon and they are just incredible athletes. I've been to all the performances and am really fascinated by all of their productions. ↗

— Richard MacDonald

#athletes #been #come #dozen #fascinated