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title: "11 Music Performance Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Music Performance quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Music Performance sayings and thoughts."
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> [Music is a performance and needs the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tippett/music-is-a-performance-and-needs-the-audience/)

[Michael Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tippett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/michael-tippett-25840_audience_music-is-a-performance-and-needs-the-aud_2244820.png)

> [My favorite aspect of music is the performance part!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loren-gray/my-favorite-aspect-of-music-is-the-performance-part/)

[Loren Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loren-gray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/loren-gray-25642_favorite_my-favorite-aspect-of-music-is-the-perfo_1241128.jpg)

> [Music is about the performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-mae/music-is-about-the-performance/)

[Vanessa Mae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-mae/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/vanessa-mae-19527_music_music-is-about-the-performance-1109901_1109901.jpg)

> [Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-zappa/music-in-performance-is-a-type-of-sculpture-the-air-in-the/)

[Frank Zappa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-zappa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/frank-zappa-702_air_music-in-performance-is-a-type-of-sculpt_1674021.jpg)

> [I think after music is performance because it is also an immaterial form of art, and then there's everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/i-think-after-music-is-performance-because-it-is-also-an-immaterial/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/igor-levit-35379_art_i-think-after-music-is-performance-becau_780264.jpg)

> [If you do performance and music, it's not performance as music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/if-you-do-performance-and-music-it-s-not-performance-as-music/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/marina-abramovic-1502_music_if-you-do-performance-and-music-it-s-not_2273611.jpg)

> [Jazz music is all about performance, right? At least, to me, it's about the freedom of performance, the different inflections you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laufey/jazz-music-is-all-about-performance-right-at-least-to-me-it-s-about/)

[Laufey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laufey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/laufey-6054_freedom_jazz-music-is-all-about-performance-righ_1392468.jpg)

> [It is the element I miss in electronic music - no performance, no loving immersion. Maybe that is why I was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lukas-foss/it-is-the-element-i-miss-in-electronic-music-no-performance-no-loving/)

[Lukas Foss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lukas-foss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/lukas-foss-18490_electronic_it-is-the-element-i-miss-in-electronic-m_63971.png)

> [One of the most important things you need when you're doing big shows, like Rock in Rio, is consistency, and that starts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-kanal/one-of-the-most-important-things-you-need-when-you-re-doing-big-shows/)

[Tony Kanal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-kanal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/tony-kanal-5444_concert_one-of-the-most-important-things-you-nee_2284315.jpg)

> [With a live music performance, the ideas of the richness and complexity of our inner and outer worlds - the emotional world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie/with-a-live-music-performance-the-ideas-of-the-richness-and/)

[Sophie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/sophie-23339_communicate_with-a-live-music-performance-the-ideas_533211.jpg)

> [If the lecture is good, then everything is too smooth. That's the same in music: if the performance is too good, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-heisenberg/if-the-lecture-is-good-then-everything-is-too-smooth-that-s-the-same/)

[Werner Heisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-heisenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/werner-heisenberg-4501_good_if-the-lecture-is-good-then-everything-i_2594342.jpg)

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