#performance

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

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

I did my acting performance in 'Roger Rabbit.' I think I did a voice-over also in 'Osmosis Jones' and I directed an episode of my show years ago, 'Tales from the Crypt' and that's my endeavors in the non-producer oriented ranks. ↗

— Joel Silver

#ago #also #did #directed #endeavors

Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#every #mankind #mysterious #performance #personality

Hopefully, that people could see a progression in my performances because that's how it's always felt to me. ↗

— Christian Slater

#because #could #felt #hopefully #how

There's something about the rawness of the live thing, there's no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear the people playing at that moment. It's exciting, it's about the performance. ↗

— Chad Smith

#behind #exciting #guitars #hear #live

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

— Kate Smith

#controversy #entertainer #himself #his #keep

It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I am in England. ↗

— Terence Stamp

#america #bring #england #great #i

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#high #high heels #performance #sacrifice #sometimes