I didn't want to admit that I was a performer. A performer meant spotlights - a performer had connotations of theater. I would have preferred agent to performer.
And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it's very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with.
When I started out in this business, I was a performer before I was a songwriter, I was a performer before I was recording. Performing is the roots. That's where it all came from. You didn't start out doing it because you wanted to make an album.
It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.
Yes, I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer.
I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer.
The most important thing for any performer is to know your own weaknesses. It's much more important to know what you can't do than what you can do.
It's really important to prove yourself as a performer and as an actor.
As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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.
These are not necessarily our agendas, but we feel a part of what a performer is, and what a performer has to say is more than just words and music.
I find that so often this work can so easily overcome you and knock you out of balance and become all you think about and all you care about and all you feel is important in your life, and it's kind of the opposite. Relationships first and people first and then you can be a great performer.
No, I'm a theatrical, live performer or a movie performer.
I think the actual art of expressing yourself is a very important part of being human. And an important part of being a performer is understanding what it's like to create yourself.
For me the voice is the most important, but making your singing believable makes a great performer.
I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not really a performer.