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

Big shows are more like events and small shows are more like traditional gigs. — Kelly Jones

"Open Arms" has a lot of unison singing in it. And it works: Grown men will come to our gigs and cry during that one. — Guy Garvey

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs. — Alan Davies

Live comedy's a very reckless, foolhardy profession. You're only as good as your last gig so earnings fluctuate. — Bill Bailey

Doing gigs is great, but when you come together for a production in the theatre, that is something I have a lot of respect for. — Eliza Doolittle

I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs! — A. J. Buckley

I was used to hanging out late after playing a gig - you mix adrenaline with alcohol and you can stay up all night. — Kurt Vile

Even to play a dead body; that'd be an easy gig. — Maria Thayer

I've always loved working on series. The crew feels like a family and it's nice to have a regular gig that you can count on. — Kay Panabaker

I'm not one of those people who sits around knowing all bands and going to gigs all the time. — Nicholas Hoult

I was rooming with Jimmy Bowen at the time, doing some gigs, then I went back to New Orleans and played there in '62. — Johnny Ramistella

I saw my first gig here actually (Festival Hall in Brisbane) Duran Duran. — Bernard Fanning

To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling. — June Squibb

The idea of hearing, 'Great gig, man,' one more time just turns my stomach over. — John Lydon

Basically, I live to do gigs. — Amy Winehouse

You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice. — Ernest Hemingway,

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

My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened. — Peter Tork

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. — Brian Molko

I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs. — Johnny Rivers

I want to be made better personally. That is the gig. — Keith Carter

Why not go down the pub? A guy once came up to me at a gig and asked me if I had MySpace. I said, 'This is my space, and you're invading it.' — Paul Weller

No one I know has a job anymore. They've got gigs. — Tina Brown

After a gig I get to the hotel all psyched-up from being on stage and get stuck into 'Homes and Interiors' magazine. — Gary Barlow

It's always good to play New York. The Apollo is a great gig. I loved that. — Paul Weller

I wasn't very big on going to school. I tried to get a gig as a luthier. — Yngwie Malmsteen

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. — Ed Sheeran

I would drive to gigs in my tiny little Fiat. I would shoot up and down the M1 to play at various places. — David Bowie

Mary Gauthier's great. Yeah, we've played a lot of gigs together. She's really wonderful. — Guy Clark

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label. — Norah Jones

After 'Rock Star,' I was definitely doing more high profile gigs. I was playing in Iceland. I was playing in Canada. — Josh Logan

My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing. — Van Morrison

Yeah, playing anywhere from three to five gigs a week definitely [helped]. I think all the practice throughout the years and doing what I do paid off. — Bo Bice

I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs. — Kevin Eubanks

I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress. — Laura Bell Bundy

For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me. — Eric Bogosian

Donald Rumsfeld also lost his gig last week. When asked what his future plans are, Rumsfeld said, 'What's a plan?' — Bill Maher

I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening. — Rachel Platten

Your wig steers the gig. — Lord Buckley

The Bassbone works great in the studio or on the live stage. Throw it in your gig bag and take it wherever you go. — Victor Wooten

I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.' — Jimmy Carr

Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training. — Suzi Quatro

I started stand-up in 2007. I'd done a couple of gigs before that, but not much, and I was in a sketch group at Uni from 2005 as well. — Ed Gamble

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

Luce blushed. "Then what kind of angel are you?"
"I'm sort of in between gigs right now," Daniel said. — Lauren Kate

People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three. — Joe Cocker

When you're a regular on a TV show, they give you more of a backstory, so with these recurring gigs, you have to make up your own backstory. — Alan Dale

Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there. — Jules Shear

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. — Stevie Nicks

I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs. — Marianne Faithfull

I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often. — Jennifer Carpenter

Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative. — Harvey Pekar

This current round of gigs, I'm just doing it using pure electronics. — Tom Jenkinson

You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs. — Van Morrison

I love to play gigs. — Katey Sagal

Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting. — Gavin Rossdale

I use Twitter as a tool to get involved with people, to sell tickets to gigs where I can stand in a room and smell the audience - and I love that! — Rob Delaney

I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash. — Billy Bragg

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I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs and then disappear for a while. — Paul McCartney

One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine like 'Seventeen.' — K.A. Applegate

I do road gigs occasionally but I don't want to go out on the road for months at a time. — Kathy Griffin

When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are. — Natalie Cole

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post. — Tony Kornheiser

It's fun! Just fun ... I don't think of it as a cabaret act per se, I call it more of a gig, if that makes any sense — Frances Ruffelle

I'm nervous ahead of every gig. I feel like running away three seconds before I'm due on stage. But I'm all right as soon as I get the mic in my hand. — Ringo Starr

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! — W.S. Gilbert

I was always lucky that I've always had a gig, I'm fortunate in that way. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

TV is just advertising for your live gig, so I'm playing whichever show is gonna get me the biggest crowd. — Lenny Bruce

The anxiety of not knowing what my next gig is keeps me hungry. — Ben Schwartz

I had been playing with my local band, Skinny Cat. I had been to quite a few auditions before UFO, managed to get the gig and then not want to do it! — Bernie Marsden

Obviously I still gig on my own, but I've always heard my music with a band. — George Ezra

I've been playing live gigs since I was 13. I really don't know how to do anything else, and please God strike me down. — Joshua Homme

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

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape. — Bill Bruford

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you. — Mike Stern

I get nervous about gigs sometimes, but not with records - I always get excited. — Alex Turner

The best part was watching Journey grow into this monster. The band was huge, playing these enormous gigs. — Neal Schon

We did eight gigs in super-stadiums, all the biggest joints - L.A. Coliseum, Oakland Coliseum, Shea Stadium. — Joe Strummer

For me, practice isn't doing scales but doing things like writing, jamming with other people, or playing gigs. — Tommy Bolin

One of my first gigs was as a guest star, and I was supposed to be a big imposing character. — David Giuntoli

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

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job. — Bo Bice

What, in the devil's name, is the use of respectability, with never so many gigs and silver spoons, if thou inwardly art the pitifulness of all men? — Thomas Carlyle

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention. — Alan Parsons