Quotes about Performance
Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
— Vincent van Gogh
It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
— George Bernard Shaw
I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was totally enthralled.
— Reba McEntire
Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.
— Jon Bon Jovi
It is an eternal truth that men receive more pay for their ABILITY TO GET OTHERS TO PERFORM, than they could possibly earn by their own efforts.
— Napoleon Hill
But of course we can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
— Madeleine L'Engle
She had never done these things before; she did them expertly. She had a capacity for action, a competence that clashed incongruously with her appearance.
— Ayn Rand
What the winner of a finite game wins is a title. A title is the acknowledgment of others that one has been the winner of a particular game. I cannot entitle myself. Titles are theatrical, requiring an audience to bestow and respect them.
— James Carse
We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.
— Steven Curtis Chapman
I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.
— Lady Gaga
I could not be satisfied unless some fruits did appear in my work.
— John Bunyan