Audacity Quote by Sandra Bernhard

For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.

— Stephen Sondheim

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer…

— Clement Greenberg

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

— Judy Holliday

Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together.

— Mel Brooks

The real producers back in the day didn't sit there and play every single instrument. They made sure the record had the best performance…

— Kenny Beats

I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album…

— Eberhard Weber

I don't really care very much if I don't think that the critics really understand music.

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

I would hate to think of the theatre world without critics. Without them, we'd not have the record of each season.

— Marian Seldes

I think that a lot of journalists don't really listen to music before they review it.

— Gerard Way

I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again.

— Mel Gibson

If critics were harder on the musicians that they love, there would be better songs. But as they grow older and they lose their…

— David Berman