Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Bowie

He's a friendly and caring guy whom I really respect for his knowledge of touring. Not to mention my favorite brand of coffee is consistently backstage every night.

Jason Alexander

I went into performing for the community. Being backstage with your company of fellows is the best part of working in live theater. That energy, that combined focus, the synergy - it's addictive.

Gary Sinise

He's blasting away, rocking out. Something happens backstage just outside the theater, and of course we find a dead body out there, so we've got to start investigating.

Kristian Bush

I spent 25 years clearly understanding that I'm not gonna meet Bono or the Edge. But then it happened at the Grammys when we were all backstage and I just about fell out of my shoes.

In the earlier days when I was a manager, when introducing myself to workers, since some of them knew I was with Mike, I was being ignored. Completely ignored -- pushed aside; I was basically his shadow. What we decided to do is go into the wrestling business and establish ourselves as individuals, as two separate workers. A lot of people will notice that we are hardly ever together in the backstage environment, mainly because he wants to do his own thing and I want to do my own thing. That helps me establish myself as a worker -- he's his own person, I'm my own person.

Carl Reiner

Can someone please explain to me what that was all about? I was backstage and didn't hear one iota of humor during that entire presentation.

Bonnie Raitt

I'm completely thrilled to be a part of this. I have to say, this is the highlight of the summer for me. This is one of a kind and long overdue. It's the best vibe I've ever seen backstage and onstage as well.

John Corbett

I hung out at Uncle Phil's Club Madrid nightspot where my mother was a waitress and my grandmother sold hot dogs and sauerkraut. I got to go backstage at the Jamboree and watch the show and then visit with musicians who stopped by the club later.

Jodi Benson

Connecting with the kids is a great joy for me. I love meeting them backstage or at a signing event. I am overwhelmed when I meet kids who struggle with terminal illnesses.

Viktor Yushchenko

It was not the ideals of Independence Square ? it was backstage intrigues,

Dustin Lynch

I've gotten to go to the Opry a couple of times and stand backstage and watch. But I made it a point not to take a tour or stand in the circle until music took me there. I told myself that was one place I'd never go unless music took me there.

Gerard Way

It's a documentary that captures the rise and occasional stumblings of this band. It's really crazy, we had forgotten about a lot of the stuff that happens in the film. Like backstage stuff and concert footage. Basically, it tells the story of one really crazy year in this band's life.

Christopher Atkins

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace.

Paul Newman

Backstage they think the only reason he's even in the vicinity was because they told him this whole thing was yesterday.

Rusty Anderson

Backstage I met Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, all these people, even (former President) Bill Clinton, ... It was way too much to take in in one day.

Joshua Bell

The one thing in my contract that they have backstage for me is bananas. And usually my assistant will go and get me chicken broth.

Becky Anderson

The problem with the Capitol Theater is it was built for movies, there's no backstage area. Now, all of our backstage, all of our dressing rooms, everything like that will be in the other building. The restrooms will be in the other building, plus the concessions will be there.

Every show is a mess at its first preview. No one's had enough time to rehearse in costumes, traffic patterns backstage haven't been worked out, machinery weighing thousands of pounds is being operated for the first time. And, also, it's the first time all the material you've written is before the public.

So many people still talk about it to this day; 'I can't believe you gave him a high-five.' It's just something that we always did to each other backstage that we just carried out to the wedding itself.

Kelly Clarkson

I'm all cried out, you should have seen me backstage before.

Paul Reiser

One time I met him backstage to see him after a performance of a play he was in, ... He grabbed me by the shoulders.

Christian Slater

My family was amazing; they exposed me to the world of show business, and, boy, it was the '70s and I got to spend a lot of time backstage at theaters and see the inner workings of how this entertainment industry is really put together.

Richie Sambora

Last time I saw you was backstage in Melbourne. You had just been through that thing with the guy and the rice.

Jill Scott

I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned up at my dressing room together! Stevie started beat boxing and Prince started singing one of my songs, all of a sudden it was like I was in a cypher with these incredible artists.

Kevin Phillips

Those guys can drink like fish. Their rider for the show every night, they get two big bottles of Jack Daniels, a big bottle of vodka, a big bottle of tequila and four cases of beer. And then that's not including when they go to the bar and people buy them drinks; that's just what they have backstage for them every night.

Shari Sebbens

One of my earliest memories is being backstage at 'Bran Nue Dae' in Darwin when I was about eight. It's such a fun, happy show and a real celebration of being Aboriginal... it felt really great and achievable as a career. It all felt normal.

Bo Burnham

I was doing theater in my high school, and I started writing sort of silly songs on the piano backstage in summer theater. I eventually put them online and started getting this little following.

Alan Alda

Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.