#performer

I love talking to the audience, and I must be the luckiest performer in the world. I always land something or somebody that just takes off. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

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#audience #i #i always #i love #just

I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that. ↗

— Diana Ross

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#artists #back #been #blessed #career

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world. ↗

— Bobby Short

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#appreciated #black #did #even #i