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"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
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 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
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
Basically, I live to do gigs.
— Amy Winehouse
You make your own luck, Gig. You know what makes a good loser? Practice.
— Ernest Hemingway,
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
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
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
Luce blushed. "Then what kind of angel are you?"
"I'm sort of in between gigs right now," Daniel said. — Lauren Kate
"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
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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— John Tighe
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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