Audience Quote by Tristan Prettyman

I think there is always that kind of thing when you're opening that you just want to blow the headline band away.

— Simon Taylor-Davis

Our audience seems to be able to handle whatever kind of weird opening acts we turn them on to. I mean, sometimes it happens…

— Lee Ranaldo

It's challenging to open for someone: You've got to prep the audience, get them in the mood, and get their attention if they don't…

— Dua Lipa

It's tough going out as the opening act of a band especially when you're solo.

— Chris de Burgh

It's hard to get intimate with an audience.

— RuPaul

An audience can really lift you right up off the stage.

— Don Van Vliet

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

— James Blunt

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. It reminds me…

— Kelly Jones

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

— John Otto

What is exciting is taking back the excitement of being able to debut something to an audience in exactly the way you want to.

— Trent Reznor

The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club.…

— Ikue Mori

I think we're just a garage band that got lucky. It's the enthusiasm from the audience that keeps it going.

— Joe Perry