Audience Quote by Ziggy Marley

Stop thinking about the audience and what they may be thinking of your music. Just play the music.

— Philip Toshio Sudo

When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.

— Sam Smith

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

— Michael Tippett

Rather than trying to create an audience, just try and create music that feels good to you.

— Chet Faker

I think I'm more entertainer than musician. I like to get with the crowd, make this night special for them.

— George Benson

You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything…

— Neil Diamond

When I go to see people, I always kind of hope they are going to play some kind of songs I know. So you've…

— Tom Petty

You would never do stand-up without an audience. I mean, no one would even consider it. It's like they're the instrument you're playing.

— Louis C. K

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

— Billy Corgan

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like…

— Chick Corea

I'm an old-fashioned folk singer. I stand in front of an audience with a guitar and a barstool.

— Mary Gauthier

I don't like to be my own audience, I find that being my own audience, being in the audience, makes me self-conscious, basically. So…

— Madeline Kahn