“Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.” IfsShowsCareGirlAudienceSingersComicFrankOrgansMonkeysGrinder Author:Nancy Sinatra
“Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via channels like YouTube.” Has BeensSongAudienceLike YouPopsSingersThanksYoutubeKoreanGroundwork Author:PSY
“I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a lovefest with me and my audience. It's how I get my rocks off.” PeoplePlayEnergyMusicAudienceRocksMissingCrowdsSingersSongwritersEntertainersSinger Songwriters Author:Dolly Parton
“At heart, I guess I'm a saloon singer because there's a greater intimacy between performer and audience in a nightclub. Then again, I love the excitement of appearing before a big concert audience. Let's just say that the place isn't important, as long as everybody has a good time.” HeartLongImportantBigsAudienceGreaterSingersIntimacyExcitementGood TimesConcertsPerformersHaving A Good TimeAppearingNightclubsSaloons Author:Frank Sinatra
“A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his conscience provided, of course, that he possesses one. As a performing artist, he will pride himself on timing and other techniques designed to keep the audience in his control ... his respect for genuine folklore reminds him that these changes, and these techniques, may give the audience a false picture of folk music.” GivingMayArtistSongCoursesKnownAudienceTroublePrideConscienceBoundsFolksTechniqueSingersGenuinePerformingTimingEntertainersFolkloreFolk MusicPerforming ArtsFolk SongsPerforming Artist Author:Sam Hinton
“An award means a lot to me. It brings happiness along with a kind of fear. It brings fear because the award is the responsibility which audiences have put on us. So a singer winning an award should always try to give best of him to the audiences.” GivingShouldTryingKindMeanWinningResponsibilityAudienceSingersAwards Author:Shreya Ghoshal
“At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for singers, down for comics. The people want to idealize a singer. They want to feel superior to a comic. You're trying to make them laugh. They can't laugh at someone they're looking up to.” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsTryingAudienceLaughingStageSingersSuperiorsComicSeatsLooking DownSahara Author:Buddy Hackett
“Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.” FeelsLooksHas BeensSometimesShowsRememberMotherThreeNamesStuffBornTalkingAudienceGenerationsMomGoes OnRaisedFolksAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersPerformingOfficialsGreyBrooksProfessionalismDebutHolliesDiscsTweensExpletivesDuos Author:Skylar Grey
“When I saw Elvis on television, I just fell in love with him completely. As a singer, I want to be able to relate to an audience like this man does. Of course, nobody can - he was the best there ever was.” MenWantDoeAbleCoursesAudienceSawsTelevisionSingersRelate Author:Faith Hill
“Each time a mediocre singer performs, he is saying, in effect, "This is good enough for you." The audience, thrust into that familiar American mood of knowing something is wrong but not knowing what it is, unconsciously absorbs the insult and projects it back onto the mediocre performer in the form of inattention, rudeness and noise.” EnoughFormAudienceKnowingEffectsProjectsSingersMoodFamiliarNoiseMannersInsultGood EnoughPerformersMediocrityNot KnowingMediocreThrustRudenessInattentionKnowing Something Book:Lump It Or Leave It Source: Lump It Or Leave It
“My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer.” WantFeelsPainPayAudienceSingersExpenses Author:Ma Rainey
“When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in doing that, maybe because they're writing for a readership as opposed to an audience, or because they see poetry as a very private art.” WayGivingWritingArtActorsAudiencePoetPerformancesSingersNot InterestedReadership Author:James Arthur
“It's all about respect; he's looking for respect from his buddies. In the last one he just wanted to hang out, to be part of the group, but this time he wants more from his friends. And without giving the story away, he finally gets something that he has been looking for when the mini sloths kidnap him and take him to their tribal area. He gets to be the Fire King and they worship him and there is an amazing scene with a "call and response" sequence in the style of Cab Callow [the legendary American jazz singer and band leader] between him and his audience.” WantGivingHas BeensStoriesWantedLastsLeaderAudienceFireGroupsStyleKingsSceneBandWorshipAreasJazzResponseSingersHanging OutSequenceBuddySlothLegendaryCab Author:John Leguizamo
“There were a few things that went into it. When you're doing something you're trying to be your audience at the same time, so if somebody tells me that this is a movie about retired opera singers, you think 'maybe I'll wait for it to come to DVD'. You're not rushing off to see it.” IfsThinkingTryingWaitingAudienceSingersOperaRetiredRushingDvdsOpera Singers Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I don't see the country audience looking forward to an out male singer. There are rumors about people but no one ever confirms because there is a tremendous amount of money at stake.” PeopleCountryAudienceAmountMalesSingersStakesLooking ForwardRumor Author:Callie Khouri
“Don't try to be just like some other singer hitting it big - find your own style and be honest in your performances. And never underestimate your audience.” TryingBigsAudienceHonestStylePerformancesSingersBeing HonestHittingUnderestimateNever Underestimate Author:Tony Bennett
“Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound of the Choir can move and uplift and restore spirits like no other sound. Masters of their craft, each and every singer plays a vital role in helping maintain such a fantastic musical tradition. Long may the Choir prosper and continue to the delight of audiences around the world.” WorldMayLongPlayMomentsHelpingPastMovingJoySpiritSoundGriefRolesAudienceWonderfulMastersMembersTraditionMalesMusicalDelightSingersCraftsAround The WorldUpliftingFantasticCongratulationsChoirPast And Present Author:David Jason