Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
The expertise displayed by each musician is jaw-dropping and it's matched by their sensitivity and taste. . . Lizzy Hoyt displays equal mastery of the fiddle, harp and guitar, complemented by an otherworldly voice. To top it off, she comes across as a truly natural and relaxed, people loving performer.
I was never really a writer, I was always more of a performer.
I don't get on stage and give a social diatribe. I am a performer and an entertainer.
Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before.
The irony is that I use computers every day of my life to do music because I edit all of my music in a computer. But when it comes to doing live processing, I prefer, as a performer with an instrument, not just having the computer as the only thing I have. I really prefer and find it much more flexible to have the limitations of pedals.
I learned a lot about my audience and about myself as a performer, what I like to do live.
Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values. Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person - hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre - into an outstanding performer.
I don't have the temperament of a performer, and I certainly couldn't do it every night.
I never wanted to be a performer, that was not one of my goals. I wanted to be a musician and that was that.
I love festivals because they seem like more of an artsy, supportive attitude - which benefits a more theatrical performer sometimes with having theater and other non-club venues, as well as the audience being filled with other artists. It's nice to be with other comics, as usually at other road gigs, I'm solo for the most part.
But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.
I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at.
If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes.
As a performer, I'm very, very confident in what I do.
My mom made me go to a Britney Spears concert when I was young. And I was like, 'No, I don't want to!' she was like, 'You're going to be a performer, you need to see other people. '
More than an actor, I am a performer. I'm a great believer
When a performer doesn't get nervous, that is when you have to give up.
It really took me a long time to become comfortable as a performer. I think I'm finally starting to enjoy playing live.
One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.