Quotes About Expression

All I want to do is be onstage. A performer needs to perform.

You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!

Every performer wants to sing live. That's what I live for.

I've always been compelled by some force to be a performer.

As a young performer, I didn't know that you can have a great time playing someone in terrible crisis. The more you know it's not real, the deeper you can go into it. And the easier it is to let it go when it's done.

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

I always knew I wanted to be a performer.

I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.

I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.

I've always been a performer. I love doing impressions of people and being the clown.

I think I went more toward writing because that's my talent. I don't think I was a great performer... And I like being behind the scenes a little bit.

I miss my hair, but I feel like going out there with some fake braids wouldn't be right. I want to be the most genuine performer I can be.

If you go out and just play the old stuff and never write new stuff, you're not really a complete musician, you're a performer.

I remember I had a boyfriend a long time ago who said, 'You need to change your name; you sound like a circus performer.'

I am a performer; that's what I like to do.

I acted as a kid. I always liked it, but I don't really have a performer's personality.

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

I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

As a performer, I want to push my boundaries and try different roles.

At heart, I was always a performer, not a competitor.

As a performer, I'm happy if one person gets to see the work I do, but to have lots of people see it and appreciate it, it feels good.

I don't believe anything is truly off limits, but as a performer, one has to know that people might be offended, and there are consequences.

I'm not running after glamorous roles, honestly. I'm a performer and want to perform instead of standing like a mannequin wearing a lot of makeup.