A Quote by Patti Smith

I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.

Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
American - Musician
Born: December 30, 1946

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.

Patti Smith

Over the years I've evolved a lot as a performer.

Alaska

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.

Ben Lee

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.

Vito Acconci

I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer and I love rock 'n' roll.

Patti Smith

I've grown in a lot of ways - as a musician, as performer, as a songwriter.

Lights

I think you have a limited amount of impact as an entertainer, performer, or musician.

Bruce Springsteen

He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.

Oscar Peterson

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

Ellie Goulding

I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either. My music is like my life: It’s in between these areas.

Anthony Braxton

Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.

Sam Rivers

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.

Kathleen Hanna

When I was younger, I always wanted to be a musician, a performer and an entertainer - but I never thought about becoming a poster or anything like that. It's pretty cool.

Ross Lynch

I have very strong feelings about a lot of things. I am sometimes reluctant to come straight to the forefront with it. You know, first and foremost, I'm a musician. I'm a songwriter.

Hozier

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.

Bette Midler

If a comedian has a strong following, and the branded segment feels different compared to what you typically do, people will know right away that it's not authentic to who you are as a comedian or performer. Brands need to keep that in mind.

Billy Eichner

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