Discomfort Quote by Erika M. Anderson

It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance you can…

— Lillian Gish

The feeling you get from playing to a good audience is hard to describe without sounding as though you are talking silly. But reaction…

— Tony Iommi

It's important me as a musician and also as an occasional show goer to feel the presence of a band on stage, to hear…

— Jacob Bannon

When I started performing, I played acoustic music, partly because that way you don't have to worry about interacting too much with other people…

— Patty Griffin

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them…

— Norah Jones

I became a singer and a songwriter by learning on the spot, so think I always need to be slightly out of my comfort…

— Roisin Murphy

Playing music in front of thousands of people never bothered me. It was only when I started putting on magic shows in front of…

— David Lovering

A long time ago I started talking into a balloon so I could feel myself talking, to practice judging volume, and compare it to…

— Mandy Harvey

I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was…

— Skylar Grey

In concert, I often try to feel the audience and feel their way of hearing. If I feel that there is no contact between…

— Michala Petri

My audience has developed so that they come to listen and are quiet, Thus I can work in a limited volume range and explore…

— Kenny Burrell

I have no ear for music. When I attend a concert, I endeavor gamely to follow the sequence and relationship of sounds but cannot…

— Vladimir Nabokov