Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse. Anita Loos
A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favorite part of the business, live concerts. Elvis Presley
I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. My life has always been my music, it’s always come first, but the music ain’t worth nothing if you can’t lay it on the public. The main thing is to live for that audience, ’cause what you’re there for is to please the people. Louis Armstrong
There is no such thing as ‘on the way out’ as long as you are still doing something interesting and good; you’re in the business because you’re breathing. Louis Armstrong
There’s no business like show business. Irving Berlin
Retire? I’m going to stay in show business until I’m the only one left. George Burns
The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there. Irving Berlin
The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’. Elvis Presley
‘Get out of show business.’ It’s the best advice I ever got, because I’m so stubborn that if someone would tell me that, I would stay in it to the bitter end. Walter Matthau
To be successful in show business, all you need are fifty good breaks. Walter Matthau