Gigs Quotes - Page 4

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay.

What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable.

Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancybrig, And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig!

I write in English. My first album came out in Italy, and I toured and did gigs.

I want to have a good time myself. I don't want to dread going to work no matter what the gig is. I think, selfishly, I will make sure that I have a good time; how about that?

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called "Love for Sale," and that was my first role in any film.

Every time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing.

The truly incredible thing is were realizing that you can perform a two-and-a-half-hour gig without being high and still have a fantastic time.

Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.

I was being paid to do what I loved, and there's no gig on earth better than that; it's like a license to steal.

Every time I do a gig, my goal is getting new fans.

If somebody loses a gig because they publicly show up at [Donald] Trump's inauguration, I guarantee you somebody else is going to hire them and pay them more than they were making whenever they got fired.

I've had the pleasure of working closely with Marc Von Em as a singer, but when I heard his original stuff, I asked him to open up a 10,000 seat gig. Just him, his guitar, and his songs. He killed it!

Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

The only way to get better at stand-up is to do loads of gigs, and I don't know. I spread myself pretty thin to get the stage time. I'd love to do more, really.

And I never missed one concert. In 89 shows, I think I did one a bit suspect show. In the old days, I'd pull gigs left, right and center because I was too f - - up.

I remember early on, for instance, having to play wedding gigs, that I hated playing the music. Now I don't have to play music that I don't like. I only get to do what I enjoy, so that's pretty lucky.

If I have a gig in the evening, I get 'the doom' at about 5 P.M., when I think I'm getting flu.

Nothing is worse than going home and having not played a gig.

No matter what - rehearsed, under-rehearsed, over-rehearsed, doubts about rehearsing - the first gig is always the first gig, and you put on your little praying hat, batten down the hatch, and do what you do.

Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten.

My gigs are built on improvisation: I go out there and I'm like the Energizer bunny.

Usually I'm only using my instruments when I'm recording or playing a gig.