“During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.” WayMomentsSongExpressionPerformancesBest WayThat MomentPauses Author:Florence Welch
“There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they've ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the merely collaborative or technically proficient, when their expression becomes as easy and graceful as friendship or love. This is when they give us a glimpse of what we might be, of our best selves, and of an impossible world in which you give everything to others, but lose nothing of yourself.” WorldGivingSelfMomentsMightTogetherFoundEasyLosesImpossibleExpressionMusicianPerformancesGlimpseRehearsalBest SelfRare Moments Author:Ian Mcewan
“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to understand that a silence that is not clamorous with vexation and worried self-regard can become part of the texture of your mind, can seep into you, moment by moment, and gradually change you.” MindMadeSelfMomentsMy OwnSilencePerformancesRegardConstantWorriedTextureEgoismEmbeddedVexation Author:Karen Armstrong
“I'm attracted to roles that are unpredictable, and if I can get my hands on something like that, I'm thrilled. I like performances where you don't know what's coming, moment to moment.” IfsKnowsI CanMomentsHandsRolesPerformancesUnpredictable Author:Timothy Olyphant