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Musical Performance Quotes (page 4)

I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want to do it. Things that are too dramatic scare me. I think that's why I don't always fit into the world of performing arts. Zooey Deschanel
Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off. Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor quote: "I played music all through school and I kind of performed that..."
I played music all through school and I kind of performed that way. Ewan McGregor
Bobby McFerrin quote: "I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the..."
I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music. Bobby McFerrin
If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics. Iggy Pop
I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music. Peter Maxwell Davies
Walter Piston quote: "I must say I've always composed music from the point of view..."
I must say I've always composed music from the point of view of the performers. Walter Piston
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. Tom Wopat
Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the same with a live performance. If the material is strong, you're already 90% there. I always tell young people it's all about the music, the songs. Work on the songs, work on the songs, work on the songs. Tom Petty
No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely. Steve Martin
Even people that know Johnny Cash's music really well and know that he was married don't really know that much about June Carter. So finding out about her really helped to inform my performance and to bring her to the front in a way that she has never been before. Reese Witherspoon
Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job. Tony Visconti
Evan Parker quote: "If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was..."
If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances. Evan Parker
Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s. Camille Paglia
That kind of piece, perhaps most recognizable because of Yoko Ono's similar work, built a bridge between performance art and music - and without raising any awkward social issues. Tony Conrad

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