Family Quote by Hilary Hahn

I think all of our concerts, really, as parties. It's a performance for sure. It's not a recital. It's a celebration of that music.

— Andrew W.K

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so.

— Shelley Berman

I took dance from a very early age, although my first recital, I remember refusing to go onstage. I think I was three. It's…

— Phillipa Soo

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!

— Yoko Ono

And then Adam Wilde shows up at Carnegie Hall on the biggest night of my career, and it felt like more than a coincidence.…

— Gayle Forman

I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was…

— Bill Burr

I just remember standing there, singing with the headphones on and the strings playing, just how wonderful that felt. But we so rarely got…

— Ricky Skaggs

I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb…

— Frederic Chopin

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It…

— Birdy

I wrote my first song when I was four, and I played it at my piano recital.

— Beth Hart

I love being in a room in front of an audience who cares about the music, who knows the music, and who has lived…

— G-Eazy

When I was just coming up, I always wanted to be able to perform to a large crowd with a symphony.

— Curtis Mayfield