Audience Quote by Bruce Springsteen

It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I…

— Gary Allan

You know, when I put out records that may not work or connect with the audience, it's because I'm pushing myself as an artist…

— T.I

When I'm recording, which is synonymous with writing, I'll play things over and over again until it sounds like I've got the right guitar…

— Steve Hackett

I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience.

— Leon Russell

But I always communicate with the audience. I never pretend like I'm just in my bedroom making a track. The whole point of doing…

— Anonymous

I record stuff all the time, like little vocal things. I write random things down... Sometimes I just get things stuck in my head…

— Ellie Goulding

It's all very well making records, but the joy of performing is that you get to meet people who give you instant feedback.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

I had been creating music on tape that was to be listened to as a recording, rather than through performance.

— Paul Lansky

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the…

— Will Oldham

I change things each time we go into making a record, like the personnel playing on it, the types of music.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I view music mostly as communication, so when I record, I'm communicating to the listener in the future.

— Hildur Gudnadottir

I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music.

— Brian McKnight