“All employees are obliged to act in concert, to behave in accordance with corporate form and corporate law. If someone attempted to revolt against these teets, it would only result in the corporation throwing the person out, and replacing that person with another who would act according to the rules. Form determines content: Corporations are machines.” IfsPersonsFormLawResultsMachinesDetermineCorporateCorporationsBehaveEmployeeConcertsThrowingObligedRevolt Author:Jerry Mander
“What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it's in response again to a function which is happening out there on the street.” IfsHas BeensTodayStreetsHappeningsFunctionResponseConcerts Author:Pete Townshend
“Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays.” FirstsLittlesNightTalkingConcertsDelayAll NightSaxophone Author:Terry Riley
“I have always loved Waffle House. It's been like an oasis in the desert many times late at night after one of my concerts.” NightHouseLateDesertConcertsOasisWaffles Author:Trace Adkins
“A long term goal is to encourage students to start doing concerts in which I or the other artists will come back at the end of the school year to see their concerts.” YearsLongEndsSchoolArtistGoalTermStudentsLong TermConcertsSchool YearsLong Term GoalsEncourage Students Author:Meredith Brooks
“Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.” PeopleKnowsWantedPiecesPicksCompetitionConcerts Author:Van Cliburn
“We have an incredible audience. I'm as proud of how Fairport relates to its audience as I am of any music we have produced. I think we're a real people's band. Massive popular success has never bothered Fairport. We've never been put in the position of being celebrities. A Fairport concert is like a meeting of friends. There's no big, security wall around us. It's kind of how music should be.” PeopleThinkingShouldKindRealBigsAudienceSecurityPositionWallProudBandMeetingsIncrediblesRelateMassiveConcertsBothered Author:Ric Sanders
“I grew up listening to the quartets and I loved that so much that I wanted to see if I could make music and make it happen. It was just a series of events ... me going to concerts and saying "I think I can do that".” IfsThinkingI CanHappensWantedCan DoEventsListeningGrewGrew UpSeriesIf I CouldConcertsMake It HappenQuartets Author:Bill Gaither
“Chopper asked to be in our band back in 1999 (we already had chosen somebody else who ended up annoying us) and then we kept running into and hanging out with him at concerts and car shows. We became friends. He shares the same passions as we do and every time we ran into him he looked like he was ready to step on stage with the Cramps. He was in Mr. Badwrench and before that he was in the Maus Maus when he was a teenager.” ShowsRunningPassionStepsShareStageCarReadyBandChosenTeenagerRanHanging OutConcertsAnnoyingCrampsChoppers Author:Lux Interior
“I'm popular in the United States and I'm popular in England. England is just more concentrated. The people are closer together. Venues are closer together. Many albums of mine have been popular in England, but, no hit singles. All the hit singles I had were before I went to England. So, I'm not necessarily more popular in England, I'm just popular in England, and more so for my performances than hit records. But, I enjoy doing concert halls all over America, England, Scotland and Australia.” PeopleHas BeensStatesTogetherAmericaEnjoyUnitedUnited StatesRecordsMinesPerformancesEnglandAlbumsAustraliaHallsConcertsScotlandSinglesVenues Author:Jack Jones
“My father, my uncles, my aunts, from my father's side and my mother's side... they were all professional musicians. My father was a concert master, he took me to a lot of rehearsals, concerts, performances, opera, ballet. For me, that was life.” MotherFatherSidesMastersMusicianPerformancesConcertsBalletOperaUnclesAuntRehearsal Author:Lalo Schifrin
“I love lyrics. I've always been averse to the straight lyric idea. I guess a big part of it is, that songs that are literary always turn me off. Because they feel so abstract. Like a song. What is a song? We have to remember what the function of a concert and the function of playing a song for people are. It's all become really abstracted.” PeopleFeelsIdeasBigsRememberSongTurnsFunctionAbstractConcertsTurn Me Author:Ian Svenonius
“The people I've met -- obviously, the people I'm going to meet after concerts are people that bother to hang around and there's going to be more of a chance of things translating to them because they're going to take more time over it, if they're going to wait around to meet us. But so far, it does seem as if things written down are translating into people actually buying it, that kind of way.” PeopleIfsWayKindDoeSeemsWaitingChanceWrittenMetsBotherBuyingOver ItMore TimeConcertsTranslate Author:James Dean Bradfield
“When my band MU landed on Maui in 1973 we were greeted by a wonderful group of peace loving brothers & sisters who we immediately formed a bond with. We had two instant roadies, Spider & Richard, who helped with every move of our musical equipment. We settled into our house on the edge of the rainforest that eventually became a portable studio. We started rehearsing and booked the Lahaina Civic Auditorium for a full moon concert starring MU and a local band The Space Patrol.” TwoMovingHouseSpaceWonderfulGroupsBrotherMoonBandMusicalEdgesStudiosLocalsInstantConcertsEquipmentSpidersCivicsFull MoonMauiRehearsingRainforestBrother SisterAuditoriums Author:Merrell Fankhauser
“I studied trumpet for almost 15 years and was performing with a professional concert marching band in parades and rodeos. I was headed back east to study music, and if I hadn't been intrigued with the Native American flute, I suppose I'd now be jockeying for first chair of the brass section of some orchestra, or perhaps I'd be teaching music in a school system.” IfsYearsFirstsSchoolStudyTeachingBandEastPerformingNativeChairsConcertsNative AmericanSectionsOrchestraTrumpetsParadesIntriguedBrassSchool SystemFlutesRodeoMarching Band Author:R. Carlos Nakai
“I actually don't go to shows anymore. Rock concerts have lost their appeal for me.” ShowsLostRocksAppealsConcertsRock Concerts Author:Matt Berninger
“We put out a live thing, it seemed more like a bootleg though but, it would be nice to see like a concert filmed with like good cameras you know, instead of just DV cams.” KnowsWould BeNiceCamerasConcertsBeing Nice Author:Jess Margera
“We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that has to be done in concert with the Arab nations.” NeedsDoneForceNationsMilitaryArmsConcertsTroopsOur TroopsKurds Author:Jeb Bush
“Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can't do a concert without singing a gospel song. It's what I was raised on.” I CanSongMusic IsSingingRaisedBonesConcertsGospel MusicGospel Songs Author:Johnny Cash
“In a song you can shine a light on a topic and with your voice at a concert you can shine a light on an actual issue or a person, you can acknowledge whatever you like with music and people will listen.” PeoplePersonsLightSongVoiceIssuesShiningAcknowledgeConcertsTopics Author:Jason Mraz
“I could be really sad and I start to cry; I feel alive then. I could be at a concert and I throw my hands up in the air and I feel elation; I feel alive then.” FeelsHandsAliveAirCryConcertsReally SadHands UpElationUp In The Air Author:Michael Franti
“And it was important to my parents that I get my degree in 4 years, because "Money doesn't grow on trees." [LOL] I will support my son in whatever he wants to do professionally, but he will go to college, too. My husband and I are in concert on that.” WantYearsImportantGrowsParentSupportTreeCollegeSonHusbandDegreesMy HusbandMy SonConcerts Author:Wendy Williams
“No, my first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got. I wish that I only would have done the SLAYER eagle and not the dragons ´coz I like tribals that stand out from a distance. Like you could be a snowblind in the concert and you are still gonna see it. That´s why I like about it.” FirstsStillsDoneWishFiguresLike YouDistanceDragonsConcertsStanding OutEaglesSlayer Author:Kerry King
“I'm very excited to once again perform the National Anthem at Michigan International Speedway for the GFS Marketplace 400. The fans at MIS have always been great to me and it is always an honor to perform for them, whether it's a concert or the National Anthem.” FansHonorInternationalExcitedConcertsMarketplaceMichiganAnthemNational Anthem Author:Julie Roberts
“Maybe you're going to a concert thinking you're not going to hear anything but music. But you may walk away from there with an answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about.” ThinkingMayProblemAnswersWalksConcerts Author:Ricky Skaggs
“I started singing Folksongs with my mother when I was 6 years old. We sang at Folk festivals and concerts and schools. There was always music being played either on record, Jazz and Folk, by musician friends of my mother. I took to singing very early, I believe it has been a Gift I was born with.” YearsBelieveHas BeensSchoolMotherI BelieveBornRecordsMusicianMusic IsSingingJazzFolksConcertsFestivalsBeing Played Author:Vicki Sue Robinson
“I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall.” PeopleIdeasFrontsSingingHundredHallsConcertsOperaPrivilegedStadiumsMillennium Author:Katherine Jenkins
“I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.” KnowsWantBelieveSongRecordsInstanceConcerts Author:Katherine Jenkins
“Every year I'm doing different projects, concerts, touring, open-air festivals.” YearsDifferentAirProjectsConcertsFestivalsTouring Author:Nina Hagen
“You've got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and I have to be on the red carpet; each has its own dress code, and I have to be prepared. Jeans and a hoodie are great for a concert, but a dinner party?” PartyEventsRedDressesPreparedDinnerCodeConcertsBe PreparedJeansCarpetRed CarpetDinner PartyAttireDress Code Author:Amar'e Stoudemire
“You have a lot of educating to do hip-hop wise in Europe. When you tour, when you go out there, most of the people that come see you at the venue listen to a lot of different kinds of music, not only hip-hop; they're not heads. From time to time you're going to do a little concert in front of three or four hundred people that are only hip-hop heads and they're going to understand and know all about the gimmicks and the swagger but the rest of the people are just regular European people that listen to pop [or] rock & roll.” PeopleKnowsKindLittlesDifferentThreeWiseFourRocksFrontsHundredEuropeHip HopPopsHipsHopsConcertsDifferent KindsVenuesSwaggerGimmicksDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:K-Maro
“Life isn't moving quickly - time moves very quickly. But I don't really have a schedule now that's very challenging. I make the calls and I call the shots, so I feel reasonably centered. Sometimes, I wonder whether or not it's even necessary to do concerts and stuff.” FeelsSometimesMovingStuffChallengesWonderShotsConcertsSchedulesSometimes I Wonder Author:Robert Plant
“I need to do a concert to celebrate David Bowie's electronic music. And in so doing, I'm not taking a step back, I'm taking a step forward and presenting it in its entirety so people can understand this type of visionary.” PeopleNeedsStepsTypeCelebrateConcertsVisionariesPresentingSteps ForwardElectronic MusicEntiretyBowie Author:Carlos Alomar
“If I can get that DAM trio back together again - "get the band back together" - and put on a concert of David Bowie's electronic music, that's the way I want to remember David, moving forward into the future of music.” IfsWayWantI CanTogetherRememberMovingBandMoving ForwardConcertsBack TogetherDamsElectronic MusicBowieTogether AgainTriosBack Together Again Author:Carlos Alomar
“Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems around us, but without sacrificing all the niceties of civilization like good restaurants, concert halls, and high-speed Internet access. I'm saying that partly tongue-in-cheek, but I'm also deadly serious. The future of technology is sustainable ecology.” ThinkingShouldCitiesTechnologySacrificeSeriousInternetCivilizationFunctionTongueSpeedAccessRestaurantsHallsConcertsCheeksEcologyIntegratingEcosystemsHigh SpeedMetabolismNicetiesTongue In CheekInternet Access Author:Annalee Newitz
“My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it.” MomMy MomConcertsMy Sister Author:Billy Gibbons
“Eventually as a teenager, I was pulled up on stage by James Brown's saxophone player, Maceo Parker, during one of his concerts and scatted on his stage for 20 minutes. After I was done, Maceo's bass player got down on one knee as if he were proposing, took a string off of his bass guitar and coiled it up around my ring finger. He hushed the crowd and said into the microphone, "Wendy, from this day forward you are married to music. You have a gift from God. You must devote your life to using this gift or else you will deprive the world of something so special." I got the chills.” IfsWorldSaidDonePlayerMinutesSpecialStageMarriedFingersGuitarCrowdsRingsTeenagerKneesBrownStringsThis DayConcertsChillBassGift From GodMicrophonesSaxophoneWendyBass PlayersBass Guitar Author:Wendy Starland
“Live concerts were to train the ears and to introduce, constantly, new musical ideas to the audience so the next time they showed up or the next record they would be ready and receptive.” IdeasWould BeNextAudienceRecordsReadyEarsTrainMusicalConcertsIntroducingNext TimeReceptiveLive Concerts Author:Gail Zappa
“I try to write songs. At our concerts, we take the cream of the crop from my back catalogue and I don't know if I could write something now that would replace any of that. We don't lose any of the standards. We have lots of songs in rotation.” IfsKnowsWritingTryingSongLosesStandardsIf I CouldConcertsCreamCropsCataloguesRotationCream Of The Crop Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I don't think anyone listening to my music needs any special knowledge. They don't need to have a background in contemporary music. They don't need to go to new-music concerts all the time in order to be able to understand it.” ThinkingNeedsAbleOrderSpecialListeningBackgroundsContemporaryConcertsNew MusicContemporary Music Author:Missy Mazzoli
“I feel like there's not this black-and-white division between concert hall music and music that bands play in a bar. I don't know if this was ever truly the case, but I don't feel that I need to decide between playing for a sit-down, totally silent audience and playing for a bunch of noisy, drunk people in a bar. What I do with the group is somewhere in between.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsFeelsPlayBlackWhiteCasesAudienceGroupsBandSilentBarsBunchDrunkHallsDivisionConcertsBlack And WhiteNoisyDrunk People Author:Missy Mazzoli
“In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?” ShouldEndsPlayShowsPrinciplesPiecesTvsSucceedCriticsAlbumsRestaurantsConcertsTv Shows Author:Hank Stuever
“The first concert I ever went to was the Bee Gees. I don't know if you remember the Bee Gees. My mom took me. I was little. But my mom was a big disco fan, and - my mom took me to the Bee Gees. Looking back now, it's pretty embarrassing if your first concert was with your mom.” IfsKnowsFirstsLittlesBigsRememberFansMomMy MomConcertsBeesLooking BackEmbarrassingYour MomDiscoBee Gees Author:Rob Huebel
“The reader's impression is one of a dream - the only thing that's left upon waking is the memory of a melody at the end of a concert.” EndsDreamLeftMemoriesReaderImpressionMelodyConcertsWaking Author:Dumitru Tepeneag
“Doing something new and challenging. It can be anything from starting a business to playing a sport. Seeing a great concert, looking at extraordinary art, or being in nature. More than anything, it's my son's smile and love that makes me light up!” ArtLightSportsChallengesSeeingSonAnd LoveExtraordinaryStartingSomething NewMy SonConcertsLight UpStarting A Business Author:Amber Valletta
“The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea of listening at all.” PeopleKnowsIdeasRocksStupidListeningConcertsReally PrettyRock Concerts Author:Robbie Robertson
“Anyone who buys a ticket can just go in there, and I don't like everyone, so I always see concerts as like, I'm going to get punched, I'm going to get elbowed, I'm going to get stepped on, get spilled on, someone's going to hit me with their body odor or something.” BodyConcertsTicketsOdorBody Odor Author:Baron Vaughn
“I love working in film and television, but I do miss singing on stage. You can't find that anywhere else, so I hope this opens up a whole new concert world for me. I had so much fun and it went so well, I hope it leads to more.” WorldWellsWholeFilmFunStageMissingTelevisionSingingConcertsFilm And Television Author:Aaron Tveit
“When you have performers, there's the uniqueness of live performance and what performers do in concerts.” PerformancesConcertsPerformersUniquenessLive Performance Author:Paul Lansky
“One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of albums. I got to meet him the first time I saw them in concert at The Bottleneck, a great bar in Lawrence, Kansas. Then, he was the musical guest my first or second week as a writer on SNL. I was like, "I don't know if you remember me?" And he was like, "Oh my god, yeah!" He's a big photography fan, as am I.” IfsKnowsFirstsBigsRememberSawsWeekFansCouplePhotographyMarriedFirst TimeYeahMusicalAlbumsBarsConcertsGuestsFoldsRemember MeKansasSnlBottlenecksOldest Friends Author:Jason Sudeikis