#performer

The cardinal rule for any performer is that they should know themselves before they enter the spotlight, and I didn't. I was just Neil and I did what I was supposed to do. I was supposed to get married, so I got married. I was supposed to get a job, so I looked for work. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#before #cardinal #did #enter #get

I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#around #context #deliberately #i #i am

Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market, tapas bar or street performer. Each night we'd leave our hotel to begin a new adventure in Madrid and nine out of 10 times, we'd walk through the Plaza Mayor. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#always #bar #begin #each #enjoyed

At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres. ↗

— Cab Calloway

#segregated #some #theatres #times #us

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose. ↗

— Jane Campion

#environment #fail #frightened #home #humiliation

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

If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#between #even #freedom #go #guess

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

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do. ↗

— Debbie Harry

#i #i do #paid #performer #want

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