Audience Quote by John Petrucci

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like…

— Chick Corea

Well, you know, when you're putting together a show, you've got to be careful not to load it up with the new stuff. We…

— Margo Timmins

The most incredible thing about playing the songs live for people - looking out to the crowd and seeing the different reactions and the…

— Hayley Williams

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

— Chris Cornell

While it's great to have a live interaction with the audience, you only have one chance to nail each song.

— Jonita Gandhi

You play the one song that people want to hear the most every night, and for every audience that's a special thing. And usually…

— Ted Leo

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

— James Blunt

Some of those songs, you really have to bite them. You challenge yourself, you challenge the audience, you do something different. People weren't expecting…

— Andy Taylor

The songs themselves sometimes have messages and people can read into them different ways, but I try to use concerts as a way to…

— Jack Johnson

For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

— Joe Cocker

Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile.

— Sharon Van Etten

That's why I love playing shows, you've got thousands of people sharing their personal passion for the music with each other, it's such a…

— Colin Greenwood