Admired Quote by Les Paul

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

— Michael Tippett

The people need to feel the music. That's what's so important, and that's what is missing. You have to let the audience feel you,…

— Ronnie Spector

But although I appreciate our audience, we don't do things for them. It's all for us - we play really self-indulgent music.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not…

— Steven Wilson

In my case, I take part in performance-oriented music and believe it is my call to show the audience something that both their eyes…

— Hyuna

With music you spend so much time standing on stage in front of an audience you get a false sense of your own importance.…

— Ben Howard

The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and…

— Mike Figgis

The audience is like my instrument. It's not just me up there, it's collaborative.

— Bobby McFerrin

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

— Pauly Shore

I think that's a powerful thing, to be able to engage your audience and let them put some of themselves into the music.

— Glenn Frey

We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.

— Brian May

Audiences tend to get the performances they deserve...

— Gene Lees