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Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.

People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

My job is to create jobs. In the end I'm going to have jobs to show for it.

If you try to do that in pop music - to play only rare show tunes, for example - people don't come.

Fortunately any of the songs we've recorded can be extremely fulfilling to perform depending on the variety of circumstances that surround any given show.

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 audio books in the past and I do the animated voice for a show called Fatherhood on Nickelodeon.

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.

I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.

I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.

But you know, our show is our show, and it's not for everybody.

Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.

I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the Carol Burnett Show.

I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people.

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'

We don't want to show our hand to the fan base or give up too much too early.

In my own defense, I wrote a one-man show, and that to me was more where I fit.

So it just goes to show you that it was always the Hells Angels first. They were the originals and all other clubs try and imitate what the Hells Angels have already done.

When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it.

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.

Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while.

I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable.

I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change.

It's the most prestigious dog show in the country. We love dogs, and we're having a blast out here.

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more.

The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates.