#performer

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#any #been #classical #classical composers #composers

I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that. ↗

— Diana Ross

#artists #back #been #blessed #career

I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there. ↗

— Fred Astaire

#dancing #i #like #little #look

The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#close #experiencing #feel #hall #i

What the translator - myself in particular - does is not comparable to what the Homeric performer was doing. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#does #doing #myself #particular #performer

I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in female performers after they hit a certain age, than the performers lose interest in the world. ↗

— Lara St. John

#age #certain #certain age #female #hit

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer. ↗

— Norah Jones

#between #fine #fine line #good #line

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. ↗

— Norah Jones

#clubs #i #jazz #mickey #mickey mouse

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #business #climate #entertainment #entertainment business

I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day. ↗

— R. Kelly

#day #history #i #like #making