Applause Quote by Alfred Jarry

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

— Emanuel Ax

I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of…

— Judith Jamison

There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems…

— Emanuel Ax

Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.

— C. C. H. Pounder

“An applause is not just the recognition of good performance, but its proof of being different than the crowd.”

— Amit Kalantri

Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath…

— Emanuel Ax

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by…

— Joaquin Phoenix

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.

— George Carlin

Applause was designed to bemuse and confuse you until it explodes into a chorus that reminds us why we love pop music.

— Lady Gaga

I don't like applause, I must admit. Ultimately, artists are shy creatures; they're introverts.

— Cat Stevens

The applause from the audience gives me a high. Probably that's what has kept my love for theatre intact.

— Y. G. Mahendran