“Being a celebrity made me so uncomfortable that I would have preferred standing behind the amplifiers.” MadeBehindsAudienceStandingUncomfortableAmplifiers Author:Linda Ronstadt
“Always hold your sales meetings in rooms too small for the audience, even if it means holding them in the WC. 'Standing room only' creates an atmosphere of success, as in theatres and restaurants, while a half-empty auditorium smells of failure.” IfsMeanRoomsHalfAudienceStandingEmptyMeetingsSmellTheatreAtmosphereRestaurantsHalf EmptyAuditoriums Author:David Ogilvy
“We've played two shows with seated audiences, and two with a standing audience. Both were cool. Sitting is more mental, in a way, [but] after a while they really want to get up and move. It's very euphoric, I think, because people see what's actually going on. The energy takes over.” PeopleThinkingWayWantTwoShowsMovingEnergyAudienceSittingStandingGet UpEuphoric Author:Pantha du Prince
“Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyBehindsAudienceFourFrontsHavensChangedHigh SchoolStandingGuitarBack WhenI Haven't ChangedRocking Out Author:Dion DiMucci
“Poets are political, they have to be reflections of their times [because] they're living in their times... Poetry is political in that it's standing in opposition to fascism. Good poetry asks a bunch of questions and asks the audience to interact with themselves or see themselves in it; maybe you like it or you don't like it. But the fascist sort of stuff plays on your fears and tells you to jump on the party line and gives some simple excuses - blame this person.” GivingPersonsPlayPoliticalAsksStuffLinesSimplePartyAudiencePoetReflectionStandingBlameExcuseBunchOppositionPoetry IsFascismFascistsYou Like ItGood PoetryTime Poetry Author:John Cusack
“Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose.” IfsKnowsKidsAudienceAdultsStandingBrilliantClapping Author:James McAvoy
“The more I protest that I'm not Lemony Snicket, and that I'm Daniel Handler instead, the more it becomes clear to the audience that I am in fact Lemony Snicket, that I am in fact standing in front of them.” FactsAudienceClearFrontsStandingProtestSnicket Author:Daniel Handler
“Many a standing ovation has been caused by someone jumping to his feet in an effort to beat the rest of the audience to the parking lot.” Has BeensEffortAudienceFeetBeatsStandingJumpingParkingParking LotOvation Author:Earl Wilson
“I think a lot of people get intimidated by the language of music, but everyone owns music. I think there's nothing standing in between a composer and her audience. I think a lot of people feel that way because they feel it's rarefied, but it's really not. You should feel the impact of it without being able to name it because it's ultimately a primal thing.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsShouldAbleNamesLanguageAudienceStandingImpactComposerIntimidatedPrimal Author:Jeanine Tesori