Heartfelt Performance Quotes

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.

I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.

When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.

I just keep it real, and I have written songs from my heart and performed them how they should be performed.

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

Natalie Portman's approach to acting demands that she wears her heart on her sleeve so explicitly, the heart becomes the whole garment - a crimson chemise with streaks of blue veins running across it.

You cannot play the piano well unless you are singing within you.

I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing.

I just try to sing every song with sincerity.

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.

I could hear your heart and soul come through your voice!

If it's not coming from your heart and if you don't believe it, then more than likely you're not going to be able to bring yourself to performances that justify playing.

I think that the best songs to sing are songs that you love, because you sing them with love when you love them.

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.

Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin. Now, they are so subtle, they can milk you with two notes. They can make you feel like they told you the whole universe. But I don't know that yet. All I got now is strength. Maybe if I keep singing, maybe I'll get it.

In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.

In 'BV,' every actor's performance touches your heart. The team on the show is dedicated, which inspires me a lot.

The darkness enveloped us. All I could hear was the violin and it was as if Juliek's soul had become the bow. He was playing his life...He played that which he would never play again.

I truly believed that tonight would never happen, that I would never sing these songs to you again. But then I'm a fool, which you've probably worked out by now.

Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you. Don't let the 'business' change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.