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"An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise."
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"Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk's Well?"

"It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance."

"What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent."

"I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance."

"I'm not saying that more performance wouldn't be better - all these technologies are going to get better - that's the difference between first generation and second generation."

"Think like magician, present like magician and perform like magician."

"It never hurts a fool to appear before anaudience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling."

"No, we've been performing our old songs a little differently each performance."

"I'm not really a musician. I'm a performer, and I love rock n' roll. I've embraced rock n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock n' roll."

"Perform your task and I shall know you. Perform your task and your genius shall befriend the more."
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"I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training."


"I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth."


"As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around New York."


"I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung."


"In nearly all ballads, the words set the mood and meaning, while the music intensifies or enhances them."


"If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story."
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