Applause Quote by Hilary Hahn

It's fine with me if people want to applaud between movements of a concerto. It doesn't bother me - it's part of performance experience.

— Hilary Hahn

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty.

— Emanuel Ax

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra.

— Leila Josefowicz

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.

— Alfred Jarry

I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of…

— Judith Jamison

Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because…

— Kanye West

If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by…

— Joaquin Phoenix

I’m really only responsible to make sure that one person is clapping at the end of my life. Because I feel like as a…

— Jon Foreman

I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let…

— Eartha Kitt

There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!

— Douglas Wood

Onstage, I don't feel any glory from people clapping in the audience, but when they're pushing me to do something new that feels good.

— Jack White

I respect the opinion of the fans, I am a professional and I have to. However, when they jeer and applaud, I always prefer…

— Victor Valdes