Quotes about Performing

Performing was terrifying. Votes: 3

Performing my show is something I constantly think about. Votes: 3

Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage. Votes: 3

Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge. Votes: 3

Performing is one of the best feelings I know! Votes: 3

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process. Votes: 3

Performing an exorcism was like changing your oil. It's a drag, but necessary. Votes: 3

Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature. Votes: 3

Performing live is like harvesting your crops and sharing your food with people. Votes: 3

Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me. Votes: 3

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years. Votes: 3

Performing is always my biggest rush. The energy is boundless from a great crowd. Votes: 3

Performing of any kind: singing, acting, dancing. I also get really excited during interviews. Votes: 3

Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing. Votes: 3

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest. Votes: 3

Performing comedy, you develop a rhythm of ideas and laughs. I live for it. Votes: 3

I really enjoy theater. Performing live onstage is helping me to grow as an actress. Votes: 3

Performing tai chi in space - it is comfortable; we got more outer space chi. Votes: 3

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City. Votes: 3

For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends. Votes: 3

Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do Votes: 3

Performing is my passion. Being onstage is at once exhilarating, beguiling, and fulfilling. But it's hard. Votes: 3

Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing. Votes: 3

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one. Votes: 3

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship. Votes: 3

Performing for the Dalai Lama - those are words I never imagined coming out of my mouth. Votes: 3

Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it. Votes: 3

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy. Votes: 3

I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing... creating... it's in my DNA. Votes: 3

I'm very passionate about charity... Performing is my passion. But it's not gonna change the world. That's why I give back. Votes: 3

Performing in front of my fans is what I love to do and I hope I get to do it forever. Votes: 3

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me. Votes: 3

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me, Votes: 3

I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high. Votes: 3

Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night. Votes: 3

Performing has always been something I wanted to do. My dad had a video camera and I loved being in front of it. Votes: 3

Performing on a stool, we've got a sight to make you drool, seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool. Votes: 3

There's only, I think, in life, three things that I do pretty well: Performing, I still can field ground balls, and I make nice kids. Votes: 3

Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared. Votes: 3

I went to the Performing Arts School and studied classical ballet. That attitude is something that's put into your head. You are never thin enough. Votes: 3

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living. Votes: 3

Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway. Votes: 3

When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked in the Performing Garage in SoHo. Votes: 3

Performing in a live theater is absolutely unbeatable. It is something I have done my entire life and have a gift, it seems, for sharing thoughts live. Votes: 3

I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be performing. Votes: 3

I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film. Votes: 3

I have a love-hate relationship with performing. Votes: 2

You create opportunities by performing, not complaining Votes: 2

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing. Votes: 2

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. Votes: 2

The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing. Votes: 2

Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. Votes: 2

Comedians sometimes forget that there's an audience. You gotta be conscious that you're performing for other human beings. Votes: 2

I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do. Votes: 2

Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me. Votes: 2

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it. Votes: 2

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter. Votes: 2

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within. Votes: 2

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic. Votes: 2

As long as you are performing prayer, you are knocking at the door of Allah, and whoever is knocking at the door of Allah, Allah will open it for him. Votes: 2

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks - chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring Votes: 2

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home. Votes: 2

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian. Votes: 2

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure. Votes: 2

I love live music and I love to see people's faces when I'm performing. Votes: 1

I don't see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don't get scared. Votes: 1

My home is at the WWE. I truly do love performing. The atmosphere here isn't like anything else. It's truly where I belong. Votes: 1

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing. Votes: 1

When I consider the deeper meaning of yoga, I realize it's about a lot more than simply performing a variety of postures on a mat. Votes: 1

The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does. Votes: 1

One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to ask this question: Is the universe actually capable of performing things like digital computations? Votes: 1

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. Votes: 1

All I have to say is basically if performing, singing, acting, and dancing is what you want to do, then you just have to do it - no matter where it is. Votes: 1

The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing. Votes: 1

If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist! Votes: 1

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world. Votes: 1

Writing is sort of putting a puzzle together halfway. Then, performing it has always been the completion of it. Once that happens, I'm feeling verbally communal with other people. It's out there and I feel so much better about it. Votes: 1

I came from a really musical family. I studied classical piano because my grandparents were piano teachers, but started doing musical theater at age nine in Fresno, California, and went to a performing arts high school. That was my life. Votes: 1

Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth. Votes: 1

I come from a big, loud family, and I'm the quieter one. Performing is something I have to switch on. I've heard I get real sassy onstage, which I'm not in real life! It's fun to be that person for an hour a night. Votes: 1

I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom. Votes: 1

When I'm performing for the people, I am me, then. I am that little girl who, when she was five years old, used to sing at church. Or I'm that 15-year-old young lady who wanted to be grown and wanted to sing and couldn't wait to be smokin' a cigarette, you know? Votes: 1

I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person. Votes: 1

I did a 'Last Comic Standing' audition in 2006, where you're just performing for three people in a comedy club, in a big comedy club, and I remember them cutting me off, asking about my name in the middle of one of my jokes. Yeah, it's just real weird when you're doing stand-up in that type of sterile, unnatural setting. Votes: 1

I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders. Votes: 1

I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. 'Hey, man, what are you playing?' 'Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I'm performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!' Votes: 1

When I look back at those pictures of my mother performing - and listen to her recordings - it makes me sad to think that all of that joy she found in her work came to an end. I wish she hadn't had to make that sacrifice, even if it was for the benefit of my father and siblings and me. Votes: 1

At this point in my life - age 24 - I have chosen a fairly strange path that not many are walking. I am a professional spoken word poet who tours the world performing and teaching. I run an organization called Project VOICE dedicated to using this art form as an education and empowerment tool in schools and communities of all kinds. Votes: 1

We can never make ourselves better by trying... praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don't get me wrong... it's not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it's good. It's just that doing them in God's power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives. Votes: 1

I persist in performing. Votes: 0

I have always loved performing. Votes: 0

I'm terrified of performing live. Votes: 0

Posing is a performing art. Votes: 0

I really love live performing! Votes: 0

I love performing in Las Vegas. Votes: 0

I love intimacy, always, of performing. Votes: 0

I grew up performing in theatre. Votes: 0

My background was in performing originally. Votes: 0

I really like performing for people. Votes: 0

I've been performing my whole life. Votes: 0

I love acting. I love performing. Votes: 0

When you're performing, you're creating a moment. Votes: 0

We are capable of performing the task. Votes: 0

I liked performing, but not the struggle. Votes: 0

Stage performing is a dying art form. Votes: 0

We're performing several shows in the Canary Islands. Votes: 0

I definitely want to continue acting and performing. Votes: 0

Coincidence is God's way of performing miracles anonymously. Votes: 0

I'm more interested in writing than in performing. Votes: 0

Literally since I could walk... I was performing. Votes: 0

Every American was to become a performing self. Votes: 0

I never got nervous performing my own material. Votes: 0

I am comfortable performing now. I love it! Votes: 0

I was performing from the age of three. Votes: 0

So much of performing is a mind game. Votes: 0

Nothing beats performing live. For me, there's nothing better. Votes: 0

There is no greater bliss than dancing and performing. Votes: 0

If you're performing for the right reasons, it's glorious. Votes: 0

Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted. Votes: 0

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience. Votes: 0

All I have to concentrate on is my performing. Votes: 0

I've always been freaked out in my mind performing. Votes: 0

Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage. Votes: 0

The thing I miss about performing is being with people. Votes: 0

The dusk was performing its customary intransitive operation of "gathering". Votes: 0

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience. Votes: 0

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football. Votes: 0

I'm a reactor. I can react to crowds, performing situations. Votes: 0

Music makes your soul feel amazing while you're performing it. Votes: 0

I love performing. I'll never get that out of me. Votes: 0

I resent performing for frisking idiots who don't know anything. Votes: 0

For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless. Votes: 0

I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing. Votes: 0

I'm not a natural performer. I don't like performing very much. Votes: 0

...and performing our one and noble function of the time, move. Votes: 0

I've been playing music since I was 12. I love performing live. Votes: 0

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7. Votes: 0

Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up. Votes: 0

I love performing live: it's my very favorite thing to do. Votes: 0

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me. Votes: 0

I love performing. I shall perform until the day I die. Votes: 0

Sometimes performing someone else's song is more difficult than writing your own. Votes: 0

It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare. Votes: 0

No, we've been performing our old songs a little differently each performance. Votes: 0

Work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life. Votes: 0

I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything.... Votes: 0

Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing. Votes: 0

Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable. Votes: 0

I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common. Votes: 0

I love singing and I love performing and just making things perfect. Votes: 0

As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing. Votes: 0

If you keep performing, and if you stay healthy, you keep playing. Votes: 0

Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue. Votes: 0

Dancers, like all performing artists, like nothing better than to be challenged. Votes: 0

If becoming a high performing organization is the destination, leadership is the engine. Votes: 0

On the day I'm performing, I don't hear anything anyone says to me. Votes: 0

Adapting your own book is like performing open-heart surgery on your own child. Votes: 0

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing. Votes: 0

I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint... Votes: 0

I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much. Votes: 0

I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live. Votes: 0

Writing and performing are to me what water and movement are to sharks. Votes: 0

I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia. Votes: 0

When a doctor is performing an operation, his mind cannot be somewhere else. Votes: 0

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all. Votes: 0

I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me. Votes: 0

I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing. Votes: 0

My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living. Votes: 0

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining. Votes: 0

Makes no matter if I'm performing in a grocery store, you're always gonna get 150%. Votes: 0

I've done the performing monkey stuff and massive breakdowns, it's just they weren't documented. Votes: 0

The pressure performing is something you have to get used to, really really quick. Votes: 0

I've dreamed about performing songs, songs that don't even exist, as a complete song. Votes: 0

I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission. Votes: 0

Some people want to feel comfortable when they're performing; I'm kind of the opposite. Votes: 0

When it comes to performing and entertaining, the art removes itself from the writing. Votes: 0

Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions. Votes: 0

I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes. Votes: 0

I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently. Votes: 0

I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing. Votes: 0

Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform. Votes: 0

I just always had a penchant for performing for people.I'm a jackass clown. Votes: 0

This vehicle is performing like a champ. I've got a super spaceship under me. Votes: 0

I've always said that racing in New York is performing on the big stage. Votes: 0

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it. Votes: 0

I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing. Votes: 0

I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero. Votes: 0

Remember one thing - that Sweden is performing better than the rest of Europe. Votes: 0

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be. Votes: 0

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. Votes: 0

I always saw myself performing on stage and the girls yelling out my name. Votes: 0

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination. Votes: 0

There was no professional theater in Cork, but still I did a lot of performing. Votes: 0

From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family. Votes: 0

I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion. Votes: 0

The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified. Votes: 0

I prepared for the part by drinking, but I was sober when I was performing Votes: 0

Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background. Votes: 0

The cost of performing well in bad times can be relative underperformance in good times. Votes: 0

I can't say I don't get nervous, but I really kind of enjoy performing now. Votes: 0

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening. Votes: 0

My big thing is that I love to write. I want continue writing and performing. Votes: 0

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two. Votes: 0

How does one magnify a calling? Simply by performing the service that pertains to it. Votes: 0

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending. Votes: 0

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great. Votes: 0

I like radio and live performing stuff. I don't like the television stuff as much. Votes: 0

When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. Its exhilarating! Votes: 0

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs. Votes: 0

Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. Votes: 0

I love performing in front of an audience and seeing smiles on the kids' faces. Votes: 0

In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. Votes: 0

It's a whole package, singer/songwriter. I like writing but I like performing just as much. Votes: 0

I focused more on sharing my gift and performing than worrying about it being a competition. Votes: 0

Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it. Votes: 0

Cool the flames of your anger by performing the wudhu for only water can extinguish fire. Votes: 0

Simply performing devotional activities will not impart devotion to others but our consciousness should be absorbed. Votes: 0

Don't focus on the wins and losses... focus your efforts on performing to your full potential. Votes: 0

Our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics. Votes: 0

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play. Votes: 0

I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music. Votes: 0

I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts. Votes: 0

I truly get very emotional when I am performing and see their (Fans) love for me. Votes: 0

I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio. Votes: 0

Our mind is like a field, and performing actions is like sowing seeds in that field. Votes: 0

Everybody's doing it. When I'm performing and I do the Dougie, the fans lose their minds. Votes: 0

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing. Votes: 0

There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world. Votes: 0

I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace. Votes: 0

My way into making movies - into making things is general - has been through performing. Votes: 0

When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is. Votes: 0

Preventive medicine isn't part of a physician's everyday routine, which is spent dispensing drugs and performing surgery. Votes: 0

There's the added element of adrenaline if you're performing. You're aware of spatial relationships and the music. Votes: 0

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories. Votes: 0

I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry. Votes: 0

What religion cannot do, GRACE does! Grace empowered obedience beats striving and performing any time!! Every time!! Votes: 0

If life gives you lemons, drink the juice in order to mask the presence of performing-enhancing drugs. Votes: 0

I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing. Votes: 0

I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be - godlike. Votes: 0

The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. Votes: 0

I love performing. There is an ego in me that loves to be in front of people. Votes: 0

Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function? Votes: 0

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience. Votes: 0

It's hard being away from home. But other than that, performing is the highlight of my day. Votes: 0

I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard. Votes: 0

I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing Votes: 0

When I'm performing, this is what everything builds up to, and everything has allowed me to be here. Votes: 0

When I'm performing, I hope my research and my experience with those things I'm talking about rings true. Votes: 0

I love performing, and it allows me to be very discerning about what I choose next, thank god. Votes: 0

I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant. Votes: 0

I can't imagine Jon Cryer performing with the New York Philharmonic isn't one of the signs of apocalypse. Votes: 0

The greatest justification for travel is not self-improvement but rather performing a vanishing act, disappearing without a trace. Votes: 0

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else. Votes: 0

Ever since I was really little, I loved performing and being up on stage, and being the entertainment. Votes: 0

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music. Votes: 0

Sometimes, God may prioritize performing a miracle on our hearts and minds over a miracle concerning our circumstances. Votes: 0

I'd love to play a rock star in a movie, but for now, I'm not performing in public. Votes: 0

Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful. Votes: 0

Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level. Votes: 0

I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over. Votes: 0

Simply by performing good actions and thinking good thoughts you will not attain enlightenment. It takes something more. Votes: 0

I really love performing with an orchestra and am very excited to do so with the Kalamazoo Symphony. Votes: 0

It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard. Votes: 0

No man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice. Votes: 0

I love performing in front of people, no matter where they come from or what language they speak. Votes: 0

Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score. Votes: 0

I have always cautioned partners that I considered three years a minimum in determining whether we were "performing". Votes: 0

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people! Votes: 0

I am free in performing an action if I could have done otherwise if I had chosen to. Votes: 0

I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18. Votes: 0

Both songs are really, really intense when it comes to performing them, and very draining at the same time. Votes: 0

Other people's lives are affected by how you are treating yourself and the way in which you are performing. Votes: 0

Very often my weekends are spent performing on Saturday, on stage in the afternoon and again in the evening. Votes: 0

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world. Votes: 0

On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work. Votes: 0

Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet. Votes: 0

When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me. Votes: 0

I feel connected to a higher power when I'm making music or performing. There's a spiritual experience for me. Votes: 0

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all. Votes: 0

Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content. Votes: 0

Emily wondered whether Artie would be so carefree if he knew The Book Club was performing grand theft imagination. Votes: 0

A person who is interrupted while performing a task takes 50% more time to complete it and make 50% more errors. Votes: 0

In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones. Votes: 0

I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again. Votes: 0

Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four. Votes: 0

I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing. Votes: 0

Yes, yes, theater in general is just going to always be my first love, performing for a live audience. Votes: 0

The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things. Votes: 0

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo. Votes: 0

It's... time to introduce scholarship programs that give students a choice, especially those who are locked into low-performing schools. Votes: 0

Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be. Votes: 0

I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends. Votes: 0

I love performing in any medium, and more the opportunities you have to vary things, the more you learn. Votes: 0

I hold all of the songs that I have had the pleasure of recording and performing in high regard. Votes: 0

If you do a good deed to reap the reward of blessings, wouldn't you be performing a selfish act? Votes: 0

It's hard for a person to try to keep his stuff together being nominated for something and then performing onstage. Votes: 0

Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue. Votes: 0

I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way. Votes: 0

I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport. Votes: 0

It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities. Votes: 0

We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage. Votes: 0

On the Sivaratri day after performing the routine, the devotee shall go to the temple of Siva and perform worship. Votes: 0

I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music. Votes: 0

I strive to seek new material that fit into the logic of construction, while performing services appropriate to real needs. Votes: 0

I have to say that my biggest Award is performing in front of my fans. Their love is my award. Votes: 0

A little Isadora Duncan and a little Butoh this was choreography and performing that was simultaneously both lush and spare. Votes: 0

The best part about performing is when you can fill the room with energy and you get that vibe back. Votes: 0

I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face. Votes: 0

I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young. Votes: 0

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. Votes: 0

Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human. Votes: 0

With performing live, you obviously don't get the luxury of another take, but for me, it is all the same. Votes: 0

I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent' was performing with her! Votes: 0

It seems that these phenomenal feats that race car drivers are performing are instinctive. They [require] very little mental workload. Votes: 0

Whenever I'm onstage, I try my best not to think that I'm performing. It's simply another part of my day. Votes: 0

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations. Votes: 0

I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create. Votes: 0

I'm cautious about the currency situation, oil pricing and the economies of some countries not performing as we are expecting. Votes: 0

No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good. Votes: 0

I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs. Votes: 0

Learning and performing music have been rewarding, both physically and mentally. They helped me to mature and grow as a person. Votes: 0

Marijuana, for me in particular, releases my creative juices. It doesn't work well for performing, but for creating nothing works better. Votes: 0

Baseball is beautiful....the supreme performing art. It combines in perfect harmony the magnificent features of ballet, drama, art, and ingenuity. Votes: 0

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive. Votes: 0

Writers who open up horizons for other people are performing a function every bit as important as a consciously politicized writer. Votes: 0

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure. Votes: 0

I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe. Votes: 0

Fortunately for me, I'm in this unique business of not singing, not dancing, not performing - just kind of being there. Votes: 0

Writing is a performance art for me. They're very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I'm a writer, not a performer. Votes: 0

Infinite is a meaningless word: except – it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition. Votes: 0

It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip. Votes: 0

I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer. Votes: 0

Logic and truth are two very different things, but they often look the same to the mind that's performing the logic. Votes: 0

I did not want to be taken for a fool-the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse. Votes: 0

The day I feel like I'm at an office job is the day I'll quit performing in front of a camera. Votes: 0

If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a band. Votes: 0

If you want to know why your people are not performing well, step up to the mirror and take a peek. Votes: 0

I'm not one of these guys who is dedicated to playing or performing - that's just one facet of my life. Votes: 0

Note, the reply will not be "I write," an act that I have, after all, been performing since I was nine. Votes: 0

I'm from the Bronx, so I am looking forward to performing before my homies. I'll keep it live in the house. Votes: 0

I've been performing since the 60s and I made my first album in 1969, so it's been a bit over twenty years. Votes: 0

I guess you could say the beginning of my career as an actress was when I started performing in music videos. Votes: 0

I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing. Votes: 0

I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song. Votes: 0

I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song. Votes: 0

I love performing so much! The joy is to have the opportunity to be able to perform all around the world. Votes: 0

I loved performing in the 'High School Musical' movies - that didn't seem like work - but the gym felt like torture! Votes: 0

I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I missed singing so much. And performing. Man, I missed it so much. Votes: 0

The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done. Votes: 0

People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Votes: 0

Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery. Votes: 0

I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as The Royal Variety Show, performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier. Votes: 0

I loved the idea that I could write a joke and someone else would have to take the risk of performing it. Votes: 0

I love performing in the U.K. Everyone is always up for it and brings all their energy to the dance floor. Votes: 0

I'll probably be 80 years old and still performing. Music is like fashion, it changes. But some things will always be the same. Votes: 0

I love performing, signing autographs, taking 'selfies' with the fans. This is just what I feel like I was born to do. Votes: 0

As far as the performance aspect, I'm going to be an actor. I still love performing, but I'm moving into more acting. Votes: 0

I love every aspect of the performing arts and can't imagine myself doing anything different. I give my heart to every project. Votes: 0

There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing. Votes: 0

I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs. Votes: 0

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen. Votes: 0

If the actions used in performing sleights are visible or even suspected by the onlooker, the whole illusion of magic is destroyed. Votes: 0

I'm in the studio for hours in that tiny little box, and really, the performing part is what I'm most excited about. Votes: 0

A liberal is a person who sees a fourteen-year-old girl performing sex acts onstage and wonders if she's being paid minimum wage. Votes: 0

What I enjoy most about performing is making people happy. Just to make a person smile means more to me than anything. Votes: 0

I was admired by all these hippies, and it was wonderful playing at Monterey and Woodstock, performing for half a million people. Votes: 0

I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket. Votes: 0

I went to a performing arts high school, we learned Shakespeare, I did 'Fences.' When you train, you can do anything. Votes: 0

I'm going to do less performing because I'm tired. It's hard to convince anybody that you're just going to take it easy. Votes: 0

For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people. Votes: 0

My job of being a musician in a recording studio has nothing to do with being a musician being on tour performing. Votes: 0

A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is analysis and having a sense of literature. Votes: 0

After all, I'm religious, and if my mother knew I was performing in the nude, she would have had a heart attack. Votes: 0

My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining. Votes: 0

I'm really thirsty to go on tour! I love putting on a show. If the crowd ain't acting bougie, I love performing. Votes: 0

Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including hunger. Votes: 0

You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes. Votes: 0

Metaphysics notwithstanding, I also insert myself in my fictions for no loftier purpose than to give me pleasure: to see myself performing onstage. Votes: 0

If players are performing for you, their age shouldn't really matter, especially because the older players can bring their experience to the table. Votes: 0

It was quite strange, because it's quite different from singing, although it's quite natural because you're used to performing or acting on stage. Votes: 0

Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty. Votes: 0

The idea of performing some of Jack Skellington's songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas live for the very first time is immensely exciting. Votes: 0

I'm in love with the entire industry and every aspect of performing and directing, even writing, and I love working with acting students. Votes: 0

Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for another. Votes: 0

Immediate gratification of a live audience makes me come alive. I miss performing in theater. I'll make my return to the stage eventually. Votes: 0

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live. Votes: 0

I do, have done and always will believe that I am very capable of performing and thriving at any level of the sport. Votes: 0

I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as 'The Royal Variety Show,' performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier. Votes: 0

I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets. Votes: 0

No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation. Votes: 0

I happen to like household chores and resent them only when performing them makes it difficult for me to fulfill my professional duties. Votes: 0

I did go to a performing arts school, so that facilitated my creativity, though I ended up going in a more musical direction. Votes: 0

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of. Votes: 0

I know how to put it on when it comes to interviews and performing because I have to. But I'm pretty laid back. Votes: 0

I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way. Votes: 0

The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair. Votes: 0

This is my religion. I take long breaks now when I don't perform and I am not myself when I am not performing. Votes: 0

I've always known that performing is what I want to do. There was never a defining moment. I just came out that way. Votes: 0

I love performing. It's a phenomenal getaway. If you want to really let out everything you feel, that's the time to do it. Votes: 0

I love performing, but I never really liked show business. My success is my family. I want to be more successful as a mother. Votes: 0

I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise! Votes: 0

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary. Votes: 0

I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So performing was always part of what I was. Votes: 0

I love performing live, especially when I get in the zone. But the studio is really becoming a place I have grown to love. Votes: 0

I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music. Votes: 0

I would have been a nightmare in any kind of office, because I wouldn't have had any friends in any environment other than performing. Votes: 0

If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze. Votes: 0

Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it. Votes: 0

In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best. Votes: 0

I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane. Votes: 0

Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he was performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was being stoned to death. Votes: 0

If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea. Votes: 0

Your body is an amazing creation, capable of performing great wonders, but you can destroy that miraculous machine's potential with an overdose of stress. Votes: 0

My experiences taught me firsthand that when a person is not performing well, there are many possible reasons, some not of his own choosing. Votes: 0

I don't feel that I have to control every aspect of things that I appear in. You learn a lot performing someone else's writing. Votes: 0

I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record. Votes: 0

I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show. Votes: 0

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day. Votes: 0

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do. Votes: 0

I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing." Votes: 0

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this. Votes: 0

I'd try to write my poems in a certain rhythm. I had my rock 'n' roll stuff for performing and my denser stuff for writing. Votes: 0

I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing. Votes: 0

We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move. Votes: 0

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14. Votes: 0

I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and musicals. Votes: 0

I double majored in English education and theater with a musical theater minor. Teaching is the only thing that makes me as happy as performing. Votes: 0

When I look at my longterm goals for the rest of my life, there are so many things other than performing that make me happy. Votes: 0

I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing. Votes: 0

I love performing. I love being a provocateur. I love putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable and that I have to get out of. Votes: 0

I always tweet about where we're at. Since I'm performing at amphitheaters, I'll try to run up and down the stairs and across the field. Votes: 0

I get really nervous right before I go on stage. But once I'm performing, I always love it. It's like being in a different world. Votes: 0

I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110 percent every night. Votes: 0

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing. Votes: 0

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'. Votes: 0

I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not really a performer. Votes: 0

To be at the top, you have to have a competitive streak in you. If you're not performing, you've got to be angry with yourself. Votes: 0

I'm the luckiest man in the world - performing 500 shows a year and loving what I do - illusion IS my day to day life. Votes: 0

It is an inherent property of intelligence that it can jump out of a task which it is performing and survey what it has done... Votes: 0

We perceive, as from a great distance, a thousand years filled with dim shapes of men moving blindly, performing strangely, in an unreal shadowy world. Votes: 0

I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs. Votes: 0

All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them. Votes: 0

In golf, driving is a game of free-swinging muscle control, while putting is something like performing eye surgery and using a bread knife for a scalpel. Votes: 0

I'm so powerful in stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man. Votes: 0

In all my years of performing, no audience member has ever actually assaulted me. I consider this to be the singular triumph of my performing career. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever been personally fulfilled performing. It's kind of a challenging thing; it's more of a sacrifice for the people that I love. Votes: 0

I think that in performing, everybody's path is so so different, that there's nobody where I think, "Oh my god, that's exactly what happened to me." Votes: 0

If I stopped making records or performing, I'd probably still be famous for a while being me. But I'd rather have something to show for myself. Votes: 0

The thing that helped me come to terms with performing was an anxiety, a desperation for acceptance. There was never enough positive motivation in my life. Votes: 0

I loved performing every week, but all of the activities and amazing people we met when we were not filming stick out to me the most. Votes: 0

I have been very fortunate to have been able to make a living from what I love to do best - performing and singing for people. Votes: 0

I like my audience. I always feel when up on stage performing that I could enjoy having a cup of coffee with any one of them. Votes: 0

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever. Votes: 0

I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it. Votes: 0

When love congeals It soon reveals The faint aroma of performing seals, The double-crossing of a pair of heels. I wish I were in love again! Votes: 0

The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it up than anyone else. Votes: 0

I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress and be in films. Votes: 0

In high school, I was performing "forensics." You take a section of a play and portray all the characters. I even went to camp for forensics. Votes: 0

Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard to be a performer. Votes: 0

I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different. Votes: 0

The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which he feels capable of performing. Votes: 0

And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do. Votes: 0

He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance almost infinite in its complexity. Votes: 0

But I also live to perform and I've been performing my whole life, whether it's been in sports or you know in band or with my singing. Votes: 0

I was always into performing and dancing as a kid and acting was a safe place to have all my feelings, which is good as a child. Votes: 0

I certainly liked performing [Patrick Bateman], but it was because he thinks he's so [bloody] cool and just the [stuff], but is really such a cheesy dork. Votes: 0

I remember performing on a punk stage with no mic in the middle of a mosh pit. My act was called "How to Be a Domestic Goddess." Votes: 0

I only won $250 all summer. And then I got crippled. I had a horse step on me while performing and it was messed up for a while. Votes: 0

I think when you've lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you're sort of living the songs rather than performing them. Votes: 0

My first professional job was actually at a place called Opryland U.S.A., which no longer exists, but I've been performing since I was a kid. Votes: 0

One of the many reasons why I love stand-up so much is when you're performing, you get instant feedback. You know if stuff is working right away. Votes: 0

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness. Votes: 0

I have never had one moment of stage fright and performing has always been a huge thrill and source of enjoyment for me. It's part of my personality. Votes: 0

I wish they would remember that the charge to Peter was "Feed my sheep", not "Try experiments on my rats", or even "Teach my performing dogs new tricks". Votes: 0

I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist. Votes: 0

I love 'Breathe' with Taylor (Swift) but I've been performing 'Lucky' with Jason (MRaz) all over the world in the past year so I'm glad that's what won. Votes: 0

For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before. Votes: 0

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat. Votes: 0

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways. Votes: 0

I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams. Votes: 0

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that production is masterful in every way. Votes: 0

There's one thing you can't download and that's a live performance. And I know how to put on a show, and enjoy performing, and I'll always have that. Votes: 0

There's a side to being in a band that some people embrace and some don't: the fact that you're performing and you care about how it comes across. Votes: 0

Extroverts may get places faster, but for introverts it's all about working at the pace you need and, at the end of the day, performing at your best. Votes: 0

Mum and Dad always wanted me to do whatever I was happy doing. I nearly went to art college at 16, but decided to do a BTEC in performing arts. Votes: 0

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up. Votes: 0

I like it when I'm on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn't performing. Votes: 0

I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that. Votes: 0

I was a very bad musician. I was the world's worst guitar player, so when I was performing solo with a guitar, I had to keep things very simple. Votes: 0

I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I'm very excited to see what that's going to be like. Votes: 0

And much as I enjoy writing and creating stuff, I don't enjoy it so much that I am willing to give up any time that could otherwise be spent performing. Votes: 0

I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing. Votes: 0

I grew up in the church, singing in choirs, and I went to a performing arts school, and I had a gospel group, so music has always been in my blood. Votes: 0

If I do a lot of television, than I miss theater. If I do a lot of theater, than I miss film. This global thing of performing arts gives me strength. Votes: 0

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best. Votes: 0

My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students. Votes: 0

I have no memory, any at all, of actually performing the play, no recall in terms of the lines. I can't tell you any line from any play I've ever done. Votes: 0

Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it. Votes: 0

I went to public school my whole life. It was a performing arts school, so I can't say if it was a typical experience or not, because it's all I know. Votes: 0

I've been performing my whole life. My mom signed me up for a theater program when I was five - I was the evil queen in 'Once Upon a Mattress.' Votes: 0