Action Quote by Bob Lefsetz

Stop thinking about the audience and what they may be thinking of your music. Just play the music.

— Philip Toshio Sudo

Maybe my audiences can enjoy my music more if they think I'm destroying myself.

— Janis Joplin

You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.

— Isaac Hanson

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

— Billy Corgan

You're a musician and you live and die by people responding to your music. It's a business just like anything else and if people…

— Marc Martel

The important thing is that my music is getting a positive reaction and that people are connecting with it.

— Mabel

I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

— Julia Holter

You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.

— Bruce Springsteen

My music is being condemned strictly for publicity and votes.

— Bushwick Bill

Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart…

— Billy Sheehan

Not compromising the music, but there is a way, by just showing the people that you're sincere and honest with what you're doing, and…

— Chuck Mangione

I don't just make music for one audience.

— Raheem DeVaughn