“The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up.” IfsFeelsInterestBoysPrinciplesAudienceRiskElementsLosingPerformancesWake UpLosing Interest Author:Leo Kottke
“When the audience is awful you can still have a great night and people will walk out thinking they had a great time even though there was loads of loudmouths and the sound was terrible.” PeopleThinkingStillsNightSoundWalksAudienceTerribleAwfulLoadGreat TimesNight TimeHad A Great TimeGreat Night Author:Leo Kottke
“You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybody's attention in the same place.” WantAttentionAudience Author:Leo Kottke
“The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment.” GivingAudiencePerformancesGuitarEntertainmentReliefGuitar Playing Author:Leo Kottke
“I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job.” WayBigsJobsAudienceRecordsSucceedEvidenceSellsUsual Author:Leo Kottke
