Art Quote by Tom Morello

Music isn't a competition.

— Benjamin Clementine

We love the idea of really putting on a show. It's not just a band playing on the stage. There's a theatrical element to…

— St. Lucia

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

— John Legend

People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better.

— M. Shadows

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

We do try to be entertainers, but we're musicians first, and we try to showcase the music.

— Rick Nielsen

I am used to being on tours with people who are fantastic performers and I respect them and I love their music. But the…

— Queen Latifah

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

— Michael Tippett

Music industry is a very competitive field, and one has to continuously entertain and excite the audience, which is a difficult task.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

This is show business, and there's room for the shows and the personalities. But I think there's also room for music, for people to…

— Butch Trucks

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

— Chuck Schuldiner

I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage.

— Bethany Cosentino