Gig Quotes

Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end. (Virginia Woolf)
I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express. View quote
Mose Allison
If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter. View quote
Cliff Richard
If I ever do anything, it actually might be some fantasy elf thing or even some cute, funny thing. Just to do something a little bit out of the ordinary. I've done my superhero gig. View quote
Todd McFarlane
I never even think about the physicality of roles, until honestly I get the gig and I think, 'OK, now what do I have to do in this one?' Like, I approach it thinking more about the character -- do I respond to it? Is it something I think I can play? Does it seem like it'll be fun? View quote
Halle Berry
You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice. View quote
Ernest Hemingway
Trey Spruance didn't want to tour for ages. And Dean Menta has always been our guitar-roadie during Angel Dust, and I remember him playing fantastically during soundchecks. During each gig, he was watching from the side of the stage, seeing Big Jim play stuff that he could play better. View quote
Mike Patton
Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmite And the crew of the captain's gig. View quote
W. S. Gilbert
Each gig should be unique. You're always treading that line between keeping yourself fresh and giving people something they want to hear. View quote
Brian May
For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. View quote
Ed Harris
My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine. (John Bonham)
A lot of comedians, when they have a bad gig, will blame everything but themselves. They'll blame the crowd, or the room was wrong, it had a weird vibe, or the promoter promoted a weird atmosphere. View quote
Allen Carr
I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig. View quote
Alvin Lee
I knew going in that being a single parent would be one of the toughest jobs I'd ever have. I'd been a talk-show host, actor, comic, and on and on, but this gig was going to be my defining moment. View quote
Arsenio Hall
I also played with Jimi Hendrix. Jimi would come down and sit in with Retaliation and we would have a ball. He offered me the gig with him at 20 pounds a week, which at that point, was like 60 bucks. View quote
Aynsley Dunbar
The Stones always tried to do the odd smaller gig when they could. View quote
Bill Wyman
I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile. View quote
Buddy Guy
Acting is a great gig. It pays well, I get to meet some nice people, and it allows me to play a lot of golf. I'm a real lucky guy. View quote
Clint Howard
I decided I'd never do a series again, but I was offered a pilot for a series through Eddy Murphy Productions, and that was the gig that got me Parker Lewis. View quote
Corin Nemec
I realized that performing was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as a dancer with my company Synergy in Canada. I was overwhelmed with how it felt to perform in front of an audience. View quote
Catherine Mary Stewart
I get myself a gig somewhere, whether it's in a club, whether it's in a bar, it doesn't matter, and I just work on New Year's Eve because I always feel it's very symbolic for me for the next year, for the new year. (Debbie Harry)
My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14. View quote
Ernie Isley
It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there. View quote
Greg Ginn
I can do a gig without an instrument. View quote
Gavin DeGraw
It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn. View quote
Jay McShann