Unsuccessful Performance Quotes

The worst thing that happened to me at a gig was when the microphone wasn't on one time, and for the three lines of the verse with Chipmunk, you couldn't hear me.

It's painful for me to watch someone who isn't funny. It's horrifying to sit in the back and watch some guy who just totally sucks.

I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'

Even if you do a great performance, if you have a weak link in the film, that's all anyone remembers.

If I played a vamp I would be rejected by the audience outright.

When you say 'failure,' that seems really dramatic, but a lot of failure is just really depressing and mundane. I remember the first time I ever played a concert in Italy. I played a venue that held 900 people, and I think five people showed up. It wasn't a big, 'John Carter of Mars' type failure. It wasn't dramatic; it was just depressing.

I know the other side. I know what awful golf is.

When you're not winning it's about how you're not getting it done.

Obviously, when the results aren't going your way, it's difficult to find too much joy in the matches.