“What I love most about playing in front of people has something to do with a certain kind of energy exchange. The attention and appreciation of my audience feeds back into my playing. It really seems as if there is a true and equal give and take between performer and listener, making me aware of how much I depend on my audience. And since the audience is different every night, the music being played will differ too. Every space I performed in has its own magic and spirit.” PeopleIfsGivingKindDifferentSeemsSpiritNightCertainEnergySpaceAttentionAudienceMagicFrontsDependsEqualMusic IsAppreciationPerformersEvery NightListenersGive And TakeBeing Played Author:Nils Frahm
“To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it.” PeopleKnowsPlayMightCertainRealizingNumbersAudienceMaterialsDegreesMusic IsOriginalsYeahAvant Garde Author:Archie Shepp
“The idea that a musician can submit music online for the chance to have it promoted to a nationwide audience is the American dream come true, and a major step toward democratizing how music is discovered.” IdeasDreamChanceStepsAudienceMajorsMusicianMusic IsOnlineAmerican DreamSubmitDreams Come True Author:Ali Partovi
“The music is one of the beautiful things that has survived the Castro regime. I have played for audiences all over the world but I've never played for a Cuban audience. For [husband] Emilio and me, the music is the one tie to our homeland.” WorldBeautifulAudienceHusbandMusic IsTiesRegimesBeautiful ThingsSurvivedHomelandCubanCastro Author:Gloria Estefan
“I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.” NeedsWould BeAudienceMusic IsUnderstoodExtremes Author:Igor Stravinsky
“A lot of my colleagues just don't really realize that they have to work in order to get the interest of an audience, especially with young kids, especially because it [classical music] is not that popular. You don't see it on TV, you don't hear it on radio, so you really gotta put an effort into promoting classical music.” KidsYoungOrderInterestRealizingEffortAudienceTvsMusic IsRadioColleaguesPromotingClassical Music Author:David Garrett
“When you sing R&B songs in front of an audience, you look out and there's 85% women. I think R&B music is sort of designed for a man singing to a woman. I don't sing it like the sexy thing, but sort of pseudo-sexy. We rally the women together because it's about being independent and things like that.” ThinkingMenLooksTogetherSongAudienceFrontsMusic IsSingingIndependentSexyPseudo Author:Jamie Foxx
“Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.” AudienceMusic IsAbsurdThievesCollaborators Author:Jeff Tweedy
“I don't know if I could write ten easy ways to connect with an audience. I know you have to believe in what you're doing, you have to believe in your music, believe in your ability, believe that what you're doing is honest and true and real.” IfsKnowsWayWritingBelieveRealEasyAbilityAudienceHonestTenMusic IsIf I CouldBelieve In YouDoing YouEasy Way Author:Ramsey Lewis
“The honor to me has less to do with the award. To me that translates in the relationship that I have with the audience, and if my music is helpful to them, that's the award.” IfsAudienceHonorMusic IsHelpfulAwardsTranslate Author:Lauryn Hill
“Music is a performance and needs the audience.” NeedsMusicAudienceMusic IsPerformancesMusic Love Author:Michael Tippett
“Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.” CommunityAudiencePlayerMusicianMusic IsLinks Author:Trey Anastasio
“Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves.” FeelsStillsSometimesHelpingSpiritualPrayerAudienceMusic IsSingingConnectedSpiritual Life Author:Bobby McFerrin
“I think that the audience intuitively understands the idea of sampling and remixing stories. That's why electronic music is global.” ThinkingIdeasStoriesAudienceMusic IsElectronic MusicSampling Author:DJ Spooky
“I didn't know if it would be a successful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter...I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along...I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't...The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWritingKindDifferentMomentsWould BeAgeFacesAudienceSuccessfulSawsStageParticularMusicianMusic IsConcernedLifetimeFinishedDifferent KindsSongwritersKeep The FaithDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Bruce Springsteen