Performance Quotes

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

I believe that we learn by practice… it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit.

50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to listen to the music.

It’s not my perfect performance that captures God’s attention. It’s my complete dependence on Him that He notices.

I’ve always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I’ve talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I’ll have more butterflies.

I’m not a natural born performer.

When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I’d get so panicked that I would stutter.

Perhaps the most important principle on which the economy of a manufacture depends, is the division of labour amongst the persons who perform the work.

Endorsements are a reward for good performance on the field, and the commitments made after signing them need to be done.

When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.