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Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.

~Andy Gibb

Topics: Acoustic After Before Certain Crowd Elicit Elvis Guitar Like Only Play Responses Songs Stage Terrified While You

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I even get tired performing standup, which is normally a low-impact exercise in futility but looks hard the way I do it. That's why I take a lot of breaks, often stopping in the middle of a joke to catch my breath, or blame the crowd for not laughing before the punchline.

~Andy Kindler

Topics: Before Blame Breaks Breath Catch Crowd Even Exercise Futility Get Hard Joke Laughing Looks Lot Middle Normally Often Performing Standup Stopping Take Tired Way Which Why

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When I played a club in Salt Lake City, I complained to the crowd about the low turnout. It's always good to berate the people who paid to see you because you're upset about the people who didn't show up. It's called misplaced anger, and without it, I wouldn't have an act.

~Andy Kindler

Topics: About Act Always Anger Because City Club Crowd Good Lake Low Misplaced Paid People Played Salt See Show Up Upset Who Without You

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I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I'm not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success.

~Andy Roddick

Topics: Any Anybody Crowd Cup Davis Disappointed Ever Felt Finals Frustrated Get Got Guy Lot Much Myself Opportunities People Play Sorry Success Sure Team Those Times While Wimbledon

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I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.

~Andy Roddick

Topics: Crowd Cup Davis Finals Get Got Guy Lot Opportunities People Play Team Those While Wimbledon

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Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting.

~Ang Lee

Topics: Acting Actor Beyond Careers Commercially Crowd Economically Goes Image Industry Just Movie Movie Stars Please Risk Stars Still Straight Taboo

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We played by feel. We felt as though you could put us on any stage, and we would find a way to win that crowd over. We had that attitude: We can't fail. You might not like it right now, but you will.

~Angus Young

Topics: Any Attitude Could Crowd Fail Feel Felt Find Had Like Might Now Over Played Put Right Stage Though Us Way Will Win Would You

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You need to listen to the people experiencing the problems, and their ideas need to crowd out the words of the 'can't be done-ers.'

~Ann Cotton

Topics: Crowd Experiencing Ideas Listen Need Out People Problems Words You

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I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

~Anna Paquin

Topics: Blending Crowd Get Impossible Love Makes Maybe Most Paid Sometimes Thing Trade World I Love

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Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely irrepressible. My father made crowd noises into a microphone.

~Annie Dillard

Topics: Always Crowd Family Father Fringe Lunatic Made Microphone Mother Noises Our

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