Ambient Quote by Pauline Oliveros

“Ambient music” is the term used today for “atmospheric” background music usually intended for relaxation or meditation.”

— Merriam-Webster

Ambient music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.

— Brian Eno

I don't really know what playing is. There's a way to do it correctly, but it eludes me. I think getting in front of…

— John Maus

We've played two shows with seated audiences, and two with a standing audience. Both were cool. Sitting is more mental, in a way, [but]…

— Pantha du Prince

In an outdoor environment, you need to be more energetic. The attention of the crowd begins to wander - not like an indoor concert…

— Chris de Burgh

With a lot of films, people are sitting on the outside looking in, but I want the audience to get a bit more intimately…

— Andrea Arnold

Performance is always oriented towards a spectator, towards an imagined audience and I was thinking who is their imagined audience?

— Joshua Oppenheimer

Were just trying to create a certain energy together. Were trying to get to a certain place and that involves the audience. Its almost…

— Medeski Martin And Wood

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

There's something really special when you take an audience and instead of just being passive and watching, you invite them to participate.

— Michael Gracey

I think of the audience the way I would think of another person: You meet someone, then you take it from there; you see…

— Tracy Chapman

The audience is invisible and that's good. Somewhere my voice is drifting through a swine barn and the sound of it seems to perk…

— Garrison Keillor