#performer

I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me. ↗

— Khandi Alexander

#comedy #done #enough #everything #feel

I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there. ↗

— Fred Astaire

#dancing #i #like #little #look

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#allowed #applause #been #between #culprit

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection. ↗

— Alban Berg

#also #composers #disciples #enthusiasm #feeling

If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed. ↗

— Alfred Brendel

#composed #composer #i #like #makes

For me the voice is the most important, but making your singing believable makes a great performer. ↗

— Hollie Cavanagh

#great #important #makes #making #me

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights. ↗

— Hal David

#everyone #gone #graceful #haven #how

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time. ↗

— Dan Deacon

#just #made #most #never #performer

On stage, don't go near her. She's the best performer in the world. ↗

— David Gest

#go #her #near #performer #she

I'm a performer. We don't retire. ↗

— Robert Goulet

#performer #retire