#performer

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

When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a performer, all of that stuff can finally start to become what it's supposed to be. Like a settling into yourself. It's not even a musical thing, it's a whole mindset, a whole acceptance of who you were supposed to be. Life sounds good. ↗

— Alison Krauss

#become #even #finally #good #honest

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

Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#career #comedian #comedians #country #everything

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#character #find #heart #know #live

I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#bobby #bobby darin #cooke #darin #great

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#back #back-up #get #go #i

The mind of the performer is a very strange thing. ↗

— James Galway

#performer #strange #strange thing #thing #very

The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the really simple question: 'How do we live?' ↗

— John Malkovich

#collectively #compelling #evocative #group #how

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

#acquired taste #always #been #handful #i