Bad Quote by Walter Becker

When you're playing rock music to 10,000 people, you almost attack the audience. When you play acoustic you're waiting for the audience to respond.…

— John Waite

The worst thing you can do is compare arenas and compare rooms. Every room is different, in its size, its shape, the acoustics.

— Rhod Gilbert

The music is pretty relentless. You've got to find some way of letting the audience breathe for a minute, give them a little bit…

— Bruce Springsteen

The acoustics seem to get louder

— Hugh Johns

The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

I think, in a lot of ways, it's easier to play a smaller room. You can exploit the quieter dynamics you would shy away…

— David Sanborn

We could be playing a 10-person room or a 1500-person room, and if the crowd is reacting well, it doesn't matter what size it…

— Fab Moretti

You can buy $20,000 speakers, but put them in a room that's not right, and it sounds terrible. If you buy $20 speakers and…

— James Murphy

You can take 200 people in a crowd of 10,000 and if they choose to be heard, they sound very loud. I'm talking fans…

— Arn Anderson

I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience…

— Billy Joel

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

— Berthold Auerbach

I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play…

— Robin Zander