Audience Quote by Christian Fennesz

In electronic music, staying behind your laptop for two hours is not too exciting to watch.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates…

— Anna Meredith

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

— Michael Tippett

It will lead many musicians out of the cul-de-sac they currently face. And those that do not understand will be cursed to make disposable…

— Chilly Gonzales

There's something strange about a laptop, how you can make the tiniest gesture and make the biggest sound. I don't feel I've resolved working…

— Anna Meredith

Most big concerts sound disgusting and awful and insultingly bad. It's like going to the cinema and been shown a scratchy film which is…

— Brian Eno

It's just trying everyday to do the best you can and to enjoy what you have with the mixture of the venue and the…

— Keren Ann

I'm not a great fan of people who suddenly manage to pull out the whole track sounding perfect from a laptop. That doesn't feel…

— Thighpaulsandra

There's something really emotional about not having any sound. That allows, I think, the audience to participate more actively and kind of imagine what…

— Pete Docter

The music is pretty relentless. You've got to find some way of letting the audience breathe for a minute, give them a little bit…

— Bruce Springsteen

I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as…

— Jonny Greenwood

I think that anybody can go home, put the record on, and listen to it note for note, but there's very little entertainment value…

— Jay DeMarcus