#performer

Well, once you've resigned yourself to the fact that you are the more mature pop performer and you're past the age you ever thought you would do it, you might as well do it as long as you can. As long as I can still lift a microphone, then I'll do it, you know. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#ever #fact #i #i can #know

Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.' ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#between #came #circumstance #compelling #equals

Most performers don't admit this, because it sounds negative and performers are not supposed to be negative, but when I was on the road, I was lonely. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#because #i #lonely #most #negative

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#bite #good #iron #off #performer

Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away. ↗

— Andy Kaufman

#away #boring #egotistical #entertainment #hold

I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#artist #down #first #i #line

It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get to that point with every choice you make from the phrasing in a tune to the choice of tunes. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#does #every #get #however #i

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold. ↗

— John Turturro

#behold #get #great #gritty #just

A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#athletes #become #camera #convincing #front

I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired. ↗

— Marc Maron

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