Gig Quotes - page 6

Our very first gig in Melbourne was a confrontation. (Santiago Durango)
The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it. View quote
Tyne Daly
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. View quote
Terrence J
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was all a mess. View quote
Violante Placido
There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug! Howl the eternal yes! View quote
Stuart Stevens
I've never told anyone this. But I suffer from terrible stage fright. True. You can't tell though, can you? Unbelievable, the panic. I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. It'd make me vomit. View quote
John Lydon
I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. View quote
John Lydon
Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig. View quote
Beck
I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it's that same fear. View quote
Bill Burr
I do the same gig. I might change it a little; I might slow it down if I'm in the South. I talk fast, and they're not used to people talking that fast. View quote
Lewis Black
My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult. (Tom Waits)
It was nothing that I think any one of us took on because it was a gig that was available. It was something that felt like a true passion and something that every single person brought much more than any of us could have expected. ... I do honestly feel honored to be part of this group. View quote
J. J. Abrams
The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I won't name the name of the club. We got hired in there to play, and the owner was pretty annoying. He kept coming up to me during the show and asking me to play 'Purple Rain.' View quote
Jason Aldean
If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig. View quote
Tom Hanks
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? View quote
Tom Hanks
The truly incredible thing is we're realizing that you can perform a two-and-a-half-hour gig without being high and still have a fantastic time. View quote
Stevie Nicks
My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal. View quote
Eddie Izzard
I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and see where you go. View quote
Eddie Izzard
My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13. View quote
Questlove
I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig. View quote
Joe Rogan
Calgary wins for my coldest New Year's Eve gig. That's when I learned Fahrenheit and Celsius cross at 40 below. I could see callers' breath coming out of my phone. (Elayne Boosler)
I never thought that I could make a living out of my voice, to be completely honest. I thought that I could probably keep playing pubs. And it was exciting for me to get even just a pub gig in my town or country, when I went to university. View quote
Ellie Goulding
Hitching up the M11 coming back from a Dexys gig got picked up 'bout half eleven by this bloke in a funny wig. View quote
Attila the Stockbroker
One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to outer space? Motley Crue could be the first band to play on the moon. View quote
Tommy Lee
So many of these comics are just frustrated singers or actors - they want to get a gig doing a sitcom. It's paint-by-the-numbers comedy, lame joke-telling. They're drawn to it as a career move. View quote
Sam Kinison