Mitzi Gaynor Quotes

Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform.

You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything you can -- physically, emotionally, musically. Then maybe they'll accept you and give you a standing ovation at the end.

Just giving the people a great show, leaving it all on the stage. Like when I'm finished I don't want to go home with nothing, I want to leave it all there on the stage, that's what I'm thinking about before I hit the stage.

Live shows were always religion for us. We never played a show - whether it was in front of 15 people or 15,000 - where it wasn't everything we had that night.

I just wanted to perform all day, every day.

For me music is so passionate. I have to give it my all every time I go onstage.

Now, all writing - all the arts - are a form of 'Pay attention to me,' but there's also the flip side. Like, I want to give something. Let me entertain you, let me amuse you, let me try to please you with this thing I've made. And then pay attention to me.

Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don't want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that's when I started to dance.

I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.

I put on the best live show, the absolute best live show I can possibly can.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

I love what I do, and I love the audience, and I love the fact that I get to do it, and I love, I love our craft very, very, much, and it's a noble craft. We have a responsibility to it, and to the audience, and to the playwright, and to the message. I won't ever care less.

When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to!

When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right!

I'm a performer. We don't retire.

Real entertainers love to entertain.

I'm a hardcore performer. The rest follows.

So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different things.

I love to perform and express myself to inspire people.

Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all.

I am always excited to be an actor. If I wasn't, I would be acting, and the audience wouldn't watch me.

I consider each performance to be an intimate conversation between me and the audience members.

I love making music, and performing, that will always be there.