--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Well you can see that I'm still in…" description: "\"Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm no..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/manu-dibango-70345_art_well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motio_1020948.jpg" --- # Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that… ![“Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the…” quote by Manu Dibango](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/manu-dibango-70345_art_well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motio_1020948.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/manu-dibango-70345_art_well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motio_1020948.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/manu-dibango-70345_art_well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motio_1020948.jpg) > “Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the responsiblity of an artist to make his fans happy. That is proposition. I'm always talking about proposition.” Manu Dibango ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. An artist finds joy when sharing music, and feels responsibility to make fans happy, linking success to audience happiness. **In simple terms:** Artists feel joy when sharing music and should aim to please fans. Key Takeaway Create music that connects with listeners. Themes creativity responsibility joy audience music Mood joyful reflective Type inspirational philosophical When to use this quote - Live concerts - recording sessions - fan events - collaborative rehearsals Key Concepts Artistic purpose emotional exchange performance dynamics Questions to Reflect On - How do you balance personal expression with audience expectations? - What responsibilities do artists have to their fans? A Different Perspective Success depends on audience reception, not just artistic intent. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Concert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concert/) [Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) [Music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/) [Musician](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/musician/) [Not alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/not-alone/) [Stage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stage/) [Successful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/successful/) ## Related quotes > [If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlisle-floyd/if-something-is-successful-with-the-audience-it-s-automatically/) [Carlisle Floyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlisle-floyd/) > [People feel that actors are very powerful but I don't think that's true because someone writes the content for you and comes to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kunal-kapoor/people-feel-that-actors-are-very-powerful-but-i-don-t-think-that-s/) [Kunal Kapoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kunal-kapoor/) > [Starting out with music, I was very successful, and me getting into film, I definitely look forward to giving it my all. What you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flo-rida/starting-out-with-music-i-was-very-successful-and-me-getting-into/) [Flo Rida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flo-rida/) > [I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music. He's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-the-creator-2/i-want-to-take-justin-bieber-for-a-month-and-just-lock-him-up-in-a/) [Tyler, The Creator](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-the-creator-2/) > [I realized the more I made the music for myself, the more successful I was becoming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-powter/i-realized-the-more-i-made-the-music-for-myself-the-more-successful-i/) [Daniel Powter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-powter/) > [At first, I thought I could go to school and do music on the side and be successful, but the more I began to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-idk/at-first-i-thought-i-could-go-to-school-and-do-music-on-the-side-and/) Jay IDK > [I finished my university studies with classical music while being in a successful metal band, but that was not an easy task at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarja-turunen/i-finished-my-university-studies-with-classical-music-while-being-in/) [Tarja Turunen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarja-turunen/) > [Raffi doesn't have any grand theories about why his music has been so successful, but he credits a group called the Babysitters as early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/raffi-doesn-t-have-any-grand-theories-about-why-his-music-has-been-so/) [Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/) > [I'm not more into one scene than any other, and that's why I feel very lucky to be able to go into two different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joey-jordison/i-m-not-more-into-one-scene-than-any-other-and-that-s-why-i-feel-very/) [Joey Jordison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joey-jordison/) > [I connect emotionally to these songs. I mean what I say when I say it, and that allows your audience to connect. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-buble/i-connect-emotionally-to-these-songs-i-mean-what-i-say-when-i-say-it/) [Michael Buble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-buble/) > [I always felt that the music sells by itself. The music has always been the successful aspect on my career, and that means that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enya/i-always-felt-that-the-music-sells-by-itself-the-music-has-always/) [Enya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enya/) > [I think country music is really one of the biggest genres of music out there and one the most successful genres.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-think-country-music-is-really-one-of-the-biggest-genres-of-music/) [Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/) > [If you look at the history of popular music, the most successful musicians have started out being really marginal and esoteric. The Beatles and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/if-you-look-at-the-history-of-popular-music-the-most-successful/) [Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/) > [I always knew I wanted to do music, but it took me a long time to figure out how to exactly do that. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skylar-grey/i-always-knew-i-wanted-to-do-music-but-it-took-me-a-long-time-to/) [Skylar Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skylar-grey/) > [I can sell modest numbers, have fun and make good music, and still be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/everlast/i-can-sell-modest-numbers-have-fun-and-make-good-music-and-still-be/) [Everlast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/everlast/) ## More by Manu Dibango > [You know that one don't play music just for the hours to pass. But you play music because you are in love with music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-dibango/you-know-that-one-don-t-play-music-just-for-the-hours-to-pass-but-you/) Manu Dibango > [Well, talking about Ethiopia is like talking about the whole continent. A month ago we played against AIDS and famine. We also played in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-dibango/well-talking-about-ethiopia-is-like-talking-about-the-whole-continent/) Manu Dibango > [I'm glad I'm still in motion. I don't think of my past achievements. The most important thing is what I'm going to do tomorrow.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-dibango/i-m-glad-i-m-still-in-motion-i-don-t-think-of-my-past-achievements/) Manu Dibango Explore all 4 Manu Dibango quotes ## More Art quotes > [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/before-noah-men-having-only-water-to-drink-could-not-find-the-truth/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) > [“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/hear-the-sum-of-the-whole-matter-in-the-compass-of-one-brief-word/) [Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/) > [I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-rose/i-think-most-artists-feel-like-they-re-outside-society-no-matter-how/) [Aaron Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-rose/) > [The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-capacity-to-be-puzzled-is-the-premise-of-all-creation-be-it-in/) [Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/) > [That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-the-great-secret-of-creativity-you-treat-ideas-like-cats-you/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/so-really-continued-jacob-as-if-this-were-perfectly-normal-to-expound/) [Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/) > [“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taf-teh/there-are-two-options-in-art-either-to-adopt-philosophical-life-by/) Taf Teh > [The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/the-house-has-to-serve-comfort-the-work-of-art-is-revolutionary-the/) [Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/) > [During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/during-human-progress-every-science-is-evolved-out-of-its/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aris-willmott/in-literature-and-art-memory-is-a-synonym-for-invention-it-is-the/) [Robert Aris Willmott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aris-willmott/) > [I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-dragon/i-think-a-business-guy-is-different-from-an-artist-they-walk/) [G-Dragon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-dragon/) > [“The only thing--I tell you this straight from the heart--that disgusts me in Salzburg is that one can't have any proper social intercourse with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/the-only-thing-i-tell-you-this-straight-from-the-heart-that-disgusts/) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/) > [The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/the-sublime-in-art-is-the-attempt-to-express-the-infinite-without/) [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/) > [Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-isn-t-done-to-decorate-apartments-but-to-wage-war-against-the/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Browse all 48,643 Art quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is the best happiness an artist can have. I'm not alone on stage but with a group of musicians. So the more the music is successful, the more the audience feel happy about the music. It's the responsiblity of an artist to make his fans happy. That is proposition. I'm always talking about proposition.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Manu Dibango" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-dibango/well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motion-it-happens-that-you-share/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Art" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-dibango/well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motion-it-happens-that-you-share/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/manu-dibango-70345_art_well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motio_1020948.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/manu-dibango-70345_art_well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motio_1020948.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/manu-dibango-70345_art_well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motio_1020948.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well you can see that I'm still in motion. It happens that you share the music with the audience. That is…” — Manu Dibango", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Manu Dibango", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manu-dibango/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Well you can see that I'm...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-dibango/well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motion-it-happens-that-you-share/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manu-dibango/well-you-can-see-that-i-m-still-in-motion-it-happens-that-you-share/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```