Audience Quote by Emanuel Ax

Getting out and being able to present a concert is invigorating.

— Henry Mancini

Most people are at a concert because they want to be inspired, entertained, moved; we musicians have the mission to be bringers of joy,…

— Stephen Hough

What you're hoping for about the concert is an overall collective experience that everyone has and that you share with them and when you…

— Joel Plaskett

I think the most important thing about holding a concert is to enjoy the moment, rather than showing off.

— Yunho

First and foremost, I want people on concerts to have a really great experience away from the negative press and negative stuff that you…

— Mike Dirnt

There was one tour where I thought, "If I can't get this feeling back of being excited to be on the stage, then I…

— Dar Williams

You think about taking audiences on a journey.

— Sam Mendes

When I am on the road and heading to my next venue, I think about my audience.

— David Copperfield

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

— James Blunt

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

— Michael Tippett

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

— Evelyn Glennie

You couldn't be performing if it weren't for the audience. I appreciate them being there. So why not applaud them? They took time out…

— Hilary Hahn