Anthony Daniels Quotes

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.

Performing is fine.

I do my best creating on stage.

It's been very exciting for me to start directing and conducting, exploring the symphonic repertoire, which I've always loved.

I love to conduct opera.

I love to dance. I love to perform. I love to entertain.

A priest once said to me, 'Think of a priest going to the altar as you walk out on the stage.' I would hate to think that anyone thought I was coming to preach. But art and music open up things that you can't put into words. It's about bringing joy when you go out there.

I am working on music and telling my personal story and sharing my talent on stage.

Actors and singers share common ground in that they both express something.

The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years.

I'm here to sing.

I'm a performer.

The studio work is the nasty, tedious, hard and nerve-wracking part, interrupted by moments of exhilaration. Playing live is the chance to actually have some fun and get on a stage.

I love performing.

On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing.

There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding.

When I played Imunique on 'Love That Girl,' that was on the other side of comedy - loud and out there.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

I think the live show is a different kind of catharsis. It's an event. It's supposed to be entertaining. To keep myself entertained, I like to play a rock n' roll show. I still kind of feel like I'm a rock n' roll musician anyway.