“There are three things we need to do for a band. We need to make a great record; we need to get the record played; and we need to find an audience for the live shows.” NeedsShowsThreeAudienceRecordsBandThree Things Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“It's a pleasure playing your big hit records and it's a real joy to see the audience.” RealBigsJoyPleasureAudienceRecordsReal Joy Author:Martin Fry
“Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.” KnowsMadeI CanFeelingsRealityRememberSongSoundAudienceRecordsFansJudgingPerceptionNegativeClubsReviewsScreamNew Songs Author:Chris Cornell
“Bob Dylan seems to me a totally pernicious influence - the nasal whine of death and masochism. Certainly, this would be a more cheerful world if there were no Dylan records in it. But Dylan and his audience mirror each other, and deserve each other; as Marx said, a morbid society creates its own morbid grave-diggers.” IfsWorldSaidSeemsWould BeAudienceRecordsInfluenceDeserveMirrorsGravesBobCheerfulDylanMorbidPerniciousMasochism Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“I really believe that if I make records that are indispensable to my audience, they'll go out and spend money to buy them, even if they've already downloaded them. If they can afford it. If they can't, I'd rather they be able to download it than not get it at all.” IfsBelieveAbleAudienceRecordsIndispensableDownloads Author:Steve Earle
“My hope has always been that each record could have its own audience. Of course, it's awesome to have a cumulative audience for more than one record, but I like the idea that there could be a record that an individual might like.” IdeasMightCoursesIndividualAudienceRecordsCumulative Author:Will Oldham
“I'm trying to make records where people don't feel cheated. Nashville has been guilty of insulting the Country Music audience for years and years.” PeopleFeelsTryingYearsHas BeensCountryAudienceRecordsGuiltyInsultingCheatedNashville Author:Steve Earle
“I never liked the whole thing about pictures with the artists. You look back at an Elvis Presley record, and you don't see any producer credits, because the audience is not supposed to know about the producer credit.” KnowsLooksWholeArtistAudienceRecordsCreditProducers Author:Chris Blackwell
“There shouldn't be a death in the ring. There should never have been deaths in the ring, because people - deaths in the ring occur because they don't keep up with the records well enough. They are putting mismatches together. The people who are licensed to stop a fight, the referee and the corner, don't do it for fear that the audience is going to object to them stopping a fight.” PeopleShouldWellsHas BeensEnoughTogetherFightingAudienceRecordsObjectsCornersRingsStoppingRefereeMismatch Author:Ferdie Pacheco
“My goal with everything that I do is to present things in a way that I would want to see if I was in the audience or buying the record.” IfsWayWantGoalAudienceRecordsBuying Author:Moby
“I'm in a place where the audience doesn't have control over my love for the music. In the past I was waiting on the reaction of the fans to tell me whether or not I had a great record based on how they'd respond.” PastWaitingAudienceRecordsFansReactions Author:Andrew Ripp
“When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.” FirstsBigsGuyAudienceRecordsRocks80sBig Guys Author:Bruce Springsteen
“If I worried about that, I wouldn't have made a single record in my whole career. I think more and more, audiences appreciate something that is distinctive and different. Everyone always throws out this figure, 'Jazz is now down to three percent of the total record sales.' So does that mean it is not important? I think if we agree that human culture itself is important, then I think those three percent take on a greater significance.” IfsThinkingHumansMeanDoeMadeImportantDifferentWholeCultureThreeCareersAudienceRecordsGreaterFiguresPercentAppreciateAgreeJazzWorriedSignificanceDistinctive Author:Dave Douglas