Eddie Murphy Quotes

It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.

I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never moved an inch.

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

We're entertainers, not just singers!

I think he's an entertainer. I would prefer if he were a performer.

I want to be like Chris Brown meets Jay Z. Chris is a singer, a dancer, a complete powerhouse on stage and Jay Z is not just a popular musician, but also a lyrical genius, a business mogul, who knows how to be classy.

Just because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you don't know how to put on a show.

People are used to us being onstage for a while.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

I am a performer; that's what I like to do.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.

WWE is a space where I thrived, and I loved, and I still do. I love connecting with an audience; that is the greatest thing about going back to WWE.

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

I just want people to focus on the performance.

I do my best creating on stage.

Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like, 'Here I am holding a red ball.'

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

Whether I am on a stage, behind a guitar or in front of a camera, I get paid to misbehave. Fortunately, misbehaviour is something I have unlimited supply of.

With great artists like Elvis, sometimes the songs weren't the greatest thing about him. When I tried to perform some of the songs, I noticed some of the tunes weren't all that brilliant, but it was the performance that sold them.

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

I'm a total performer.

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.