Concerts Quote by George Saunders

To reach a mass audience, you have to offer more than just hostility.

— Dave Itzkoff

I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger…

— Mary Beard

I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a…

— Adam McKay

The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of…

— Nicholson Baker

“Screaming fanatics, autograph requests, 
cheeky smiles hoping they're the chosen one,
 stalkers, haters, true music lovers. I HAVE SEEN IT ALL. We call it…

— Lisa Goldin

We leaders are criticized for a lot of things. It's always true after a band gets up there and is recognized by the public.

— Glenn Miller

I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech.…

— Conor Oberst

What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it's in response…

— Pete Townshend

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

— Henry Miller

Audiences I speak to are often openly hostile, and I know my arguments might fall on deaf ears with 99% of the audience.

— Douglas Murray

Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith weren't polite. They were against the grain. And that's what we want our music to be: rude, aggressive... like real life.

— Jeff Hanneman

When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the fans of the music…

— Natalie MacMaster