Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.
Music and dance influence my style in a lot of ways. Sometimes I go off to work dressed up like I'm going to hit the stage and perform.
He has a method that likens the musician to an athlete, so I do physical exercises designed to keep a musician in shape in order to perform the function, which is to play music.
Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.
I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.
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.
I dare suggest that the composer would do himself and his music an immediate and eventual service by total, resolute and voluntary withdrawal from this public world to one of private performance and electronic media.
I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, I'll hit a brick wall and need to sleep.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Most of the performances I see on TV and in movies are so self-conscious and overacted. I would think a natural actress would be welcome.
I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
I'm actually sometimes nervous right before a performance, but as soon as I'm on the stage I'm like, 'okay, we're gonna rock this baby.'
Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.
Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.
When I perform, it's very personal. I'm sharing things I like, inviting the audience into my room.
Female performers have been doing this for years - pushing the envelope about sexuality - and the minute a man does it, everybody freaks out.
You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.
One day I'm riding a bicycle in my neighborhood, the next day I auditioned for Menudo and was on a plane to perform in front of 200,000 people.
I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented.
Management controls performance in people because it impacts skills; it’s a matter of monitoring, analyzing and directing.
You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important.
