Audience Quote by Paul Weller

I'm used to people not getting it. I'll make amazing music, but it's convincing people that it's amazing - that's the problem.

— Shaggy

You do get a lot of people complaining if you don't do songs they have come to expect. I have to be careful about…

— Colm Wilkinson

People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different…

— Brett Dennen

I don't think there is anything hard at all about having a lot of songs. It makes it easier to be less precious about…

— Jeff Tweedy

I can't help other people's frustrations. I don't owe people anything. If people would like to come to my concerts, I'd love them to…

— David Gilmour

I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

— Julia Holter

Maybe my great struggle, and it's probably not anything different from too many other people, but it certainly is what drives the music, is…

— El-P

I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.

— Roger Sessions

A lot of the time, artists and musicians can get criticised for being ignorant or silly or not understanding the real world. And I…

— Declan McKenna

I don't expect everyone to get something deep out of it. Some people can just listen to the music, or get their aggressions out,…

— Marilyn Manson

What worries me sometimes in the culture is that the role for music that actually challenges and enlightens the audience is being pushed to…

— Taylor Ho Bynum

I don't like it when bands don't want to play that one song everybody wants to hear. I think that's cheating everybody, and I…

— David Bryan