“Performers always come back from the Edinburgh festival with adventure stories. Watts told a few: meeting a young kilt maker who spent a year in a madhouse after eating too much LSD, and accompanying Seattle actor and musician Michael McQuilken (of Collaborator Productions) to the hospital after a Frisbee accident. He reached up to catch it and cut his hand on a sign, .. He had to get a few stitches, but I think he can still play.” ThinkingYearsStillsPlayStoriesHandsYoungActorsToo MuchCuttingAdventureEatingMusicianMeetingsProductionsAccidentsHospitalsMakersPerformersFestivalsSeattleCollaboratorsLsdStitchesEdinburghMadhousesFrisbeeKilts Author:Reggie Watts
“I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.” ThinkingWantLongDifferentRunningArtistCreativityFitMusicianThriveCategoriesPerformersLong RunsVaryEntertainersVocalist Author:Christina Aguilera
“It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.” ArtistMusicianReputationPerformers Author:Ellie Goulding
“I feel like what I'm best at is being a musician and a performer. I want to use that to help people who are good at starting nonprofits.” PeopleWantFeelsHelpingUseMusicianStartingPerformersNonprofits Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.” WantNeedsIndividualGoalRecordsOne ThingPrideTasteMusicianWho You ArePerformers Author:Scott Weiland
“I think Phil Collins is one of the most underrated musicians, singers, performers - he is absolutely amazing, I think, and I think he's probably got a bit of a rough ride occasionally because he became so mainstream and so popular.” ThinkingBitsMusicianSingersRoughPerformersMainstreamUnderrated Author:Rick Astley
“As a musician or a performer, you're meant to know what you're about, but it's ridiculous that someone 14 would have any idea of what they're about.” KnowsIdeasMusicianRidiculousPerformers Author:Ben Lee
“I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.” RocksMusicianPerformersRock N Roll Author:Patti Smith
“As a musician, I don't have one thing that's "my thing." I like to create, and have a lot of outlets for it. Dustin Hoffman is one of the guys that sets a model for me, because of how good he is at being such different characters. Every time you see DeNiro, he's pretty much DeNiro - great, but DeNiro. Hoffman is different every time, depending on his character. That's how I see myself as a performer.” DifferentCharacterGuyOne ThingMusicianModelsJazzPerformersOutletsDifferent Characters Author:Chick Corea
“I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.” WantedGoalMusicianPerformers Author:Barry Manilow
“I always hesitate when people call me a musician.I have had no musical training. I can't play anything. I really think of myself as a performer. It's always been writing for me. I evolved with my band in rock 'n' roll through poetry, not through music.” PeopleThinkingWritingI CanPlayRocksBandMusicianTrainingMusicalCall MePerformersRock N Roll Author:Patti Smith
“What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend your whole life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much.” IfsMeanWholeHelpingGrowsMusicianWhole LifePerformersInvaluableWorking With OthersFocus On Yourself Author:Damon Albarn
“Beginning in the nineteenth century, with performers like Franz Liszt, were musicians who were able to excite an audience and communicate on a whole new level.” WholeAbleLevelsAudienceCenturyMusicianCommunicatePerformersNineteenth Century Author:David Finckel
“He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.” MusicianJazzPerformersComposer Author:Oscar Peterson
“Paul McCartney is a genius ... Paul married Rock & Roll to beauty, and forever raised the bar for composers, musicians, and fans ... an incredible solo performer ... the creator of our favorite songs.” SongForeverFansRocksGeniusMarriedMusicianRaisedIncrediblesCreatorBarsPerformersComposerSoloFavorite Song Author:Alec Baldwin
“I don't really like to call myself a brand, and I don't like to think of myself as a brand. I'm a singer, a songwriter, a musician and a performer. And an actress, and all the other things that I do. When you add it all together, some might call it a brand, but that's not my focus.” ThinkingMightTogetherFocusMusicianAddActressesSingersBrandsPerformersSongwriters Author:Beyonce Knowles
“I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was a sophomore or junior, really into folk and acoustic music. Larry Gross, who's the host of "Mountain Stage" on public radio, and B.W. Stevenson, also a musician, were there at the same time, too. Michael was a big inspiration -- through him I discovered Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Jimmy Rogers. Then I ran into Jerry Jeff Walker there in Dallas back when he was just a folk singer. Those are my earliest influences.” BigsInspirationSchoolInfluenceStageMountainMusicianHigh SchoolFolksRadioSingersRanPerformersHostSongwritersSeniorGrossDylanJuniorsJimmyRogerBack WhenLarryJerryAcousticsWoodyDallasWalkersSophomorePublic RadioAcoustic Music Author:Ray Wylie Hubbard
“I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.” ThinkingShowsMusicianPerformersRock N RollShowing Off Author:Elton John
“Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original. It feels as if the performer is the only person who could bring it to life.” IfsFeelsWritingPersonsSelfSongLevelsAwarenessTaughtMusicianOriginalsSelf AwarenessPerformers Author:Greta Salpeter
“In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an art student. I also studied the visual arts at Lancaster University. I then decided to become an actor as he was becoming a musician. And then as an actor/performer, we have similar sort of interests - music hall and that whole world. So, there's a lot that I felt connected with.” WorldWayKindArtWholeActorsFatherFeltInterestStudentsSonBecomingMusicianDecidedRegardUniversityConnectedWhole WorldArtisticVisualsHallsPerformersFather SonVisual ArtArt StudentsLancasterFather Son RelationshipMusic Hall Author:Andy Serkis
“I like being a musician that's also a fly on the wall. I like people coming in the room and doing what they do and then leaving. I like attention, but it actually gives me a little less to work with as a performer if people are editing themselves and not being them.” PeopleIfsGivingLittlesRoomsAttentionWallMusicianGive MeLeavingPerformersEditing Author:Travis Morrison
“Many people, including myself, thought of Jobs as an inventor, an Edison-like figure, but he wasn't. I did a documentary on James Brown recently; and, oddly, I found a lot in common between Jobs and Brown. Jobs was also a fantastic performer, put on an extraordinary live show at his product launches, but he could also be ruthless, cruel and totally self-aggrandizing. And just as Brown surrounded himself with the very best musicians, Jobs understood the importance of hiring the absolutely most talented people and knew how crucial they were to the success of what he was trying to do.” PeopleTryingSelfShowsJobsFoundCommonFiguresProductsMusicianUnderstoodImportanceExtraordinaryIncludingFantasticBrownPerformersCrucialDocumentariesInventorRuthlessHiring Author:Alex Gibney
“I think the idea now of being a performer in this era of social media saturation means that you have to be an actor, a musician, a stand-up comic, writer, or a director. Focusing in on one thing doesn't take up all of your time.” ThinkingMeanIdeasActorsSocialOne ThingMediaDirectorsMusicianSocial MediaComicErasPerformersSaturation Author:Robbie Rist
“Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.” Has BeensForceMusicianJazzIncludingPerformersComposerClassical Composers Author:Yo-Yo Ma
“I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.” KnowsStrongMusicianPerformers Author:Patti Smith
“Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.” PeopleHardEnoughSchoolSuccessAbilityMusicMusicianHarderPerformersOutliers Author:Malcolm Gladwell