"We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' with the chicken wire. This place called The Brick House in Housatonic. I really can't believe we're going to play for people in New York City. I'm terrified, but it's a small enough room. But it's really just supposed to be for the fun of it"
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Then comes the pivot: New York City. The sentence “I really can’t believe we’re going to play for people in New York City” is awe dressed up as disbelief, the way performers talk when they’re trying not to jinx it. She admits terror, but immediately manages it: “it’s a small enough room.” That’s a classic working-actor move, scaling the enormity of the moment down to something countable, containable. Not Madison Square Garden, just bodies in a room.
The final line, “it’s really just supposed to be for the fun of it,” is both true and protective. Coming from a recognizable actress stepping into live music, “fun” functions as armor against the stakes: critics, expectations, the suspicion of celebrity dabbling. She’s pre-empting the eye-roll by insisting on play, while still confessing how much it matters. The subtext is that fun is the only acceptable way to want something badly in public.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Ambrose, Lauren. (2026, February 16). We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' with the chicken wire. This place called The Brick House in Housatonic. I really can't believe we're going to play for people in New York City. I'm terrified, but it's a small enough room. But it's really just supposed to be for the fun of it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-played-one-warm-up-gig-at-this-bar-that-was-84465/
Chicago Style
Ambrose, Lauren. "We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' with the chicken wire. This place called The Brick House in Housatonic. I really can't believe we're going to play for people in New York City. I'm terrified, but it's a small enough room. But it's really just supposed to be for the fun of it." FixQuotes. February 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-played-one-warm-up-gig-at-this-bar-that-was-84465/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' with the chicken wire. This place called The Brick House in Housatonic. I really can't believe we're going to play for people in New York City. I'm terrified, but it's a small enough room. But it's really just supposed to be for the fun of it." FixQuotes, 16 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-played-one-warm-up-gig-at-this-bar-that-was-84465/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
