“My art is not limited to the songs I create but also to the reaction it creates. I like to sit back and look at the whole thing as if it's a tornado that I'm controlling. It's creating chaos. When you create chaos, ideas are turned upside down, and everybody looks at things in a different way.” IfsWayLooksArtIdeasDifferentWholeSongCreatingArt IsDown AndChaosReactionsDifferent WaysUpside DownTornadoesThings Upside Down Author:Marilyn Manson
“A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.” SongCrowdsReactions Author:Little Richard
“I remember being at the premiere of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' and the tremendous reaction from the crowd outside, then going to a party at a hotel afterwards where the speakers were blasting 'Shakedown,' a song from the movie. That felt like a show biz moment to me.” MomentsShowsRememberSongFeltPartyCrowdsReactionsHillsHotelSpeakersCopPremieresBeverly HillsShow Biz Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.” FirstsSongRecordsWeekFansCoupleShapesPicksCriticsGuitarReactionsPhrasesIrelandLoadAutobiographyBaggage Author:Ellie Goulding
“When you`re onstage you have a certain faith that somebody's gonna yell somethin' back. Some nights it's louder than other nights and some nights they do, and on some songs they don't. But that's the idea. I think when you begin to expect a reaction from an audience, it's a mistake.” ThinkingIdeasNightCertainSongMistakeAudienceReactions Author:Bruce Springsteen