Act Quote by Chuck Berry

I didn't try to think what my audience wanted and then make the music accordingly. I made the music and hoped that as many…

— David Sanborn

I don't just make music for one audience.

— Raheem DeVaughn

I let the music do the talking, and people are still getting feelings from my songs.

— Craig David

Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.

— Richard Strauss

I just wanted to write songs that would be amazing live, to interact with the audience.

— Chappell Roan

I think you only have to pull stunts if the content of your music is meaningless.

— Josh Tillman

While it's great to have a live interaction with the audience, you only have one chance to nail each song.

— Jonita Gandhi

I try to keep the idea that there's an audience in as little space in my mind as possible, but you can't erase it…

— Conor Oberst

The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I did.

— Benmont Tench

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

— Bruce Springsteen

I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks…

— R. Kelly

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

— Janis Joplin