Quotes about Concert

He looked like a Yanni fan at an Iron Maiden Concert. Votes: 3

I belong to the Richmond Concert Society, who put on very good concerts. Votes: 3

Concert repertoire is some of the most beautiful music ever written, and I frequently seek out opportunities to perform it. Votes: 3

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it. Votes: 3

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it. Votes: 3

Concert' doesn't mean standing up like a target in front of thousands of strangers. It means coming together. It means harmony. Votes: 3

You need that same creative force that exists in a building like Disney [Walt Disney Concert Hall] to actually tackle that most prosaic of problems. Votes: 3

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me. Votes: 3

(...) The new nine muses, Commerce, Operatic Music, Amor, Publicity, Manufacture, Liberty of Specch, Plural Voting, Gastronomy, Private Hygiene, Seaside Concert Entertainments, Painless Obstetrics and Astronomy for the People. Votes: 3

And as far as the Disney Concert hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here. Votes: 3

Concert-going has become much less the thing to do, while people are still going to opera. This might be a harsh judgment, but it could easily happen that orchestras could slowly atrophy. Votes: 3

It is hard to mesmerize ourselves, to whip our own top; but through sympathy we are capable of energy and endurance. Concert fires people to a certain fury of performance they can rarely reach alone. Votes: 3

I can't stand being in Chicago anymore and hearing the Brahms Violin Concerto in the elevator. Because that shows me that when they come to the concert hall they listen to it in the same way. Votes: 3

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life."[ Live 8 Concert, Mary Fitzgerald Square, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2 July 2005] Votes: 3

Concert dance is the hardest kind of dance. We tour constantly, around the world, year in and year out. It just doesn't work for everybody. It's the lifestyle, it's the stamina, it's the love, it's the dedication, it's the commitment, it's all those words. Votes: 3

A concert is always like a feast day to me. Votes: 2

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture. Votes: 2

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage. Votes: 2

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show. Votes: 2

I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music. Votes: 2

Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them. Votes: 2

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here? Votes: 2

By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense. Votes: 2

I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me. Votes: 2

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert. Votes: 2

When you go to a great concert, you feel this arc, almost like the music of a well-chosen set takes you on this trip through emotions and through various forms of intellectual engagement. Votes: 2

Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you. Votes: 2

Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation. Votes: 2

It makes me feel so amazing to know there's people out here that support me and follow me on Twitter and watch my shows on YouTube and come to my concert, so I'm very thankful. Votes: 2

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel. Votes: 2

Recorded engine sounds, however, are a deliberate deception. They're like going to a concert and listening to a recording. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind buying a BMW recording and installing it in my '96 Jeep Cherokee. Votes: 2

Working together in concert more smoothly not only helps us move more quickly; it changes the nature of what we can undertake. When we have the confidence that we can orchestrate the group effort required to realize them, we dare bigger dreams. Votes: 2

A Kiss concert experience is like sex or anything else that's done with more that one person. It's the give and take that makes it so great. When the audience takes it to the next level, we can kick it up another notch. Votes: 2

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. Votes: 2

People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house. Votes: 2

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop. Votes: 2

It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hall and be overwhelmed by the 'Beethoven Pastoral Symphony'. Votes: 2

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it. Votes: 2

Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don't know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn't really talk onstage. I was like, 'Thank you, I love you guys,' or whatever. But now I've just kind of learned to work a crowd. Votes: 2

Growing up, I was a little hippie kid. I went to some good concerts... Amnesty International with Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman... The best concert I ever went to was this one at the Cow Palace my freshman year in college on New Year's Eve. It was Pearl Jam opening for Nirvana opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Votes: 2

There was this really rock n' roll guy who was very obviously dragged to my concert by his girlfriend. He had tattoos all over, and he was wearing a Metallica T-shirt. He came up to me said it was one of his favorite concerts because I had reached for his heart and dragged it out and put it in front of his face. Votes: 2

I love doing concert music. Votes: 0

It's hard to get concert tickets. Votes: 0

The live concert industry has become corporate-ized. Votes: 0

A punk concert isn't fun without a pit. Votes: 0

The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler. Votes: 0

I am tired before the concert, not afterward. Votes: 0

The organization and the environment are in concert. Votes: 0

I've only been to one concert in my life. Votes: 0

My mother wanted me to be a concert pianist. Votes: 0

The first concert I ever saw was Roy Orbison. Votes: 0

I get more anxious than nervous before a concert. Votes: 0

Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score Votes: 0

[At a musical concert:] . . . the music's pure algebra of enchantment. Votes: 0

Perform with elan, brilliance and dash - at concert pitch. Votes: 0

One learns how to change gears within a concert repertoire. Votes: 0

We are all strings in the concert of God's joy. Votes: 0

Nobody's going to get a hot dog at my concert! Votes: 0

The best KISS concert I've ever been to was"my wedding. Votes: 0

Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert,Gathers and melts. Votes: 0

Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall. Votes: 0

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert. Votes: 0

I headline concert halls for 20,000 people, but I still play smaller venues. Votes: 0

At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.' Votes: 0

I daresay one good concert justifies a week of satisfaction at home. Votes: 0

The best thing about being an actress is getting good concert tickets. Votes: 0

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. Votes: 0

You are at home when you're at a Black Veil Brides concert. Votes: 0

Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing. Votes: 0

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3. Votes: 0

If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert Votes: 0

The first willing concert I went to was Aerosmith when I was like 14. Votes: 0

We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything. Votes: 0

I'm not particularly lucid after a concert. I'm not very lucid before, either. Votes: 0

It's such a rush doing a concert and seeing people actually mouthing the lyrics. Votes: 0

A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a theatrica! event. Votes: 0

Ultimate truth, if there be such a thing, demands the concert of many voices. Votes: 0

What's the difference between a Dice Clay concert and a Klan rally? Nothing. Trick question. Votes: 0

I actually went to an Oasis concert. I thought they were a brilliant songwriting band. Votes: 0

I'm a concert pianist, that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment. Votes: 0

Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent. Votes: 0

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69. Votes: 0

So could we please not mob the three-thousand-plus-year-old reaper like tweens at a boy-band concert? Votes: 0

Of course we're still having the concert. Don't let a little rain ruin your night. Votes: 0

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if you're still scalping tickets after the concert is over. Votes: 0

You go to a pop concert or a classical concert but there's nothing in between. Votes: 0

Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist. Votes: 0

A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner. Votes: 0

Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool. Votes: 0

There's fatigue but also a deliberate desire to want to reach absolute perfection at every concert. Votes: 0

I'm addicted to women. Believe me, as Shaggy, after every concert, there's drawers that are dropping. Votes: 0

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums. Votes: 0

I knew I wanted it to be a piece of theatre rather than just a concert. Votes: 0

Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway. Votes: 0

I like folk songs, but ten horses couldn't bring me to a concert or an opera. Votes: 0

To be honest, I've only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash. Votes: 0

There's an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music concert. Votes: 0

I had to go see the Glee concert with my daughter - oh my God, shoot me. Votes: 0

Composing for concert performance is a somewhat lonely occupation, but composing a film score is highly collaborative. Votes: 0

I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned. Votes: 0

They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert. Votes: 0

Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra. Votes: 0

In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud, you're too old. Votes: 0

Why should we not enter into our inheritance in the church as well as the concert hall? Votes: 0

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one. Votes: 0

History, like a badly constructed concert hall, has occasional dead spots where the music can't be heard. Votes: 0

I judge people based solely on the quality of bands on the black concert t-shirts they wear. Votes: 0

Beautiful is a person whose outside and inside world are in great concord, camaraderie and joint concert. Votes: 0

That's a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist. Votes: 0

I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert. Votes: 0

In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert. Votes: 0

The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so. Votes: 0

When you can impress your mom by saying you've been to someone's concert, you know you're pretty lame. Votes: 0

We are each a concert reverberating with our whole lives and reflecting and amplifying the world around us. Votes: 0

My mother, Minuetta Kessler, was a concert pianist and composer who performed at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall. Votes: 0

There was no such thing as perfect privacy, life was a perpetual concert-hall recital with a captive audience. Votes: 0

First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist. Votes: 0

Alexa's heart jumped and skittered. She was at her favorite star's concert. And he was holding her hand! Votes: 0

Not necessarily in one concert, but they're all there to be used if you want to use them. Votes: 0

Usually, I fly in the day before a concert so your voice can acclimate to the new environment. Votes: 0

Every collection that I work on, I always think, Is this cool enough to wear to a concert? Votes: 0

My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson. Votes: 0

Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance. Votes: 0

When I do a concert and people put their hands in the air, they're doing it on their own. Votes: 0

I used to work all the time, and now if there is a wedding, there's a concert, I'm there. Votes: 0

I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies from season to season. Votes: 0

I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really. Votes: 0

Some years ago I gave a concert in the mountains with snow all around, and that was much colder. Votes: 0

I went to a Katy Perry concert, and I experienced pure bliss for the first time in my life. Votes: 0

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job. Votes: 0

I think the most important thing about holding a concert is to enjoy the moment, rather than showing off. Votes: 0

At the concert I'm going to crown the best looking man, Mr. Tampa. Bald men definitely have an edge. Votes: 0

Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa. Votes: 0

Provenance' is more than a multimedia concert. It's a journey that unifies cultures through music, theater and beautiful visuals. Votes: 0

I think people never hear what they say, and speech is a mocking sound instead of a jazz concert. Votes: 0

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. Votes: 0

Groundhog Day is a lot like a rock concert but the people are better behaved and there's a groundhog involved, Votes: 0

I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six. Votes: 0

Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert. Votes: 0

Often times at a concert, I just close my eyes. Music is very transportive and visual for me like that. Votes: 0

Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language. Votes: 0

In public worship all should join. The little strings go to make up a concert, as well as the great. Votes: 0

I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I've won. Votes: 0

Most philanthropists would still rather donate to elite schools, concert halls or religious groups than help the poor or sick. Votes: 0

I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried. Votes: 0

I was never taken to a play or concert or church. Yet I was a show-off, a dreamer, a storyteller. Votes: 0

You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought. Votes: 0

I can go to India and draw 20,000 people at a concert, and it's really because I've built up an internet presence. Votes: 0

I did a concert... in September with the Berlin Philharmonic... They're great musicians, and there's always something to learn from them. Votes: 0

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour. Votes: 0

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it. Votes: 0

We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?, but 'can we all do better? Votes: 0

If I go to a concert or sporting event I usually go in a VIP entrance. And leave the same way. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a concert pianist at Carnegie Hall; that is what I wanted to do from really early on. Votes: 0

You know, kids come to see me in the same way that their parents would go to see a rock concert. Votes: 0

I'm lucky enough to be doing my dream job, but my second dream job would be to be a concert pianist. Votes: 0

At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like. Votes: 0

There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight. Votes: 0

When you pay your money to see me, I want you to have the best concert you can have from me. Votes: 0

I went to see Mogwai at the Fillmore, and that was both the loudest and quietest concert I've ever been to. Votes: 0

I'm not going to play lead guitar in a concert hall full of people, because I'm going to mess up a lot. Votes: 0

Capital must work, as it were, in concert with industry; and this concurrence is what I call the productive agency of capital. Votes: 0

The most offensive thing that ever occurred in 'The New Yorker' would be, like, the mildest thing at a Chris Rock concert. Votes: 0

I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini. Votes: 0

You want to go to a summer concert and not watch a band staring at its shoes for six hours and complaining. Votes: 0

I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him 'he can't see you'. Votes: 0

Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like. Votes: 0

One of my interests is to understand what constitutes the vibe of a place and what makes one concert different from another. Votes: 0

In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. Votes: 0

In the concert of nature it is hard to keep in tune with oneself if one is out of tune with everything else Votes: 0

If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different sort. Votes: 0

[Brian Hyland autograph] was what got me started on going to concerts, because from then on, I was at every concert for everybody. Votes: 0

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. Votes: 0

I really liked Deadheads and the whole Dead concert scene: the tailgating, the tie-dye uniforms, the camaraderie it was like NASCAR for potheads. Votes: 0

Courtney Love said she once escorted Kerry to a concert. John Kerry once went out with Courtney Love and he's questioning Bush's judgment. Votes: 0

My mom took my sister and me to see Elvis [Presley] in concert when was, maybe 5 or 6, and I liked everything about it. Votes: 0

I demand perfection in what I do, and I practice very hard before I give a concert-sometimes three to six hours a day. Votes: 0

I've never actually given birth to a child, but I suspect that going to a Justin Bieber concert with a child is close. Votes: 0

For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall. Votes: 0

I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him, 'He can't see you.' Votes: 0

When I was young I was one of those kids that got pulled onstage at a Green Day concert. That was pretty awesome. Votes: 0

My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say I was sexy! But I guess that's fine if that's what they say. I like that in concert. That's neat. Votes: 0

Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket. Votes: 0

The possibility that Saddam Hussein will use his biological and chemical weapons to attack us, directly or in concert with terrorists, cannot be dismissed. Votes: 0

You have this special connection with someone if you're their first record or their first concert or their first poster or whatever it is. Votes: 0

As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off. Votes: 0

I have been like a mediocre concert pianist playing in front of a tone-deaf family, who applaud out of duty rather than for accomplishment. Votes: 0

You have this special connection with someone if you're their first record or their first concert or their first poster or whatever it is, Votes: 0

In a recording, your ear believes and accepts the trumpets as part of the ensemble, but you can't do that in a concert hall. Votes: 0

The worst day of my life was once that my mom didn't allow me to go to a Queen concert because I was grounded. Votes: 0

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell. Votes: 0

All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let me go. Votes: 0

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day. Votes: 0

I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me. Votes: 0

Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can't do a concert without singing a gospel song. It's what I was raised on. Votes: 0

Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India. Votes: 0

Sometimes I wish Jim Morrison were still alive, because I'd love to see a concert in which "The Doors" opened up for "The Cars. Votes: 0

If I'm in the stands at a U2 concert watching Bono, how can I capture this moment without interrupting it and making it fake? Votes: 0

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert. Votes: 0

People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different headspace. Votes: 0

Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong. Votes: 0

Mathematicians - for what they do - are really poorly rewarded. And it's a very competitive field, almost as bad as being a concert pianist. Votes: 0

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'. Votes: 0

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits. Votes: 0

I always thought music was more important than sex"”then I thought if I don't hear a concert for a year-and-a-half it doesn't bother me. Votes: 0

I was scouted at a Cure concert. A model scout approached me there and asked me if I modeled, and I thought that was ludicrous. Votes: 0

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing. Votes: 0

In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real. Votes: 0

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert Votes: 0

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it. Votes: 0

Multiculturalism means your kid has to learn some wretched tribal dirge for the school holiday concert instead of getting to sing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.' Votes: 0

When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record. Votes: 0

I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair. Votes: 0

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. Votes: 0

Having sex with her is incredible. It's just like a concert. We throw Frisbees around the room. And when she wants more she lights a match. Votes: 0

I pluck with my fingernails. If I break a nail, I can't cancel a concert. So I can make a nail out of a ping-pong ball. Votes: 0

I am no stranger to loud music. I've been to a Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels concert. I once dated a woman with two kids. Votes: 0

A good concert, if you're kind of relaxed, it can do something to you. It's sort of an emotional break you get by listening to music. Votes: 0

There was a strange happening during a performance of Elgar's 'Sea Pictures' at a concert hall in Bermuda tonight, when the man playing the triangle disappeared. Votes: 0

So many people mentioned this at these rallies. You go to these things and it's kind of like an oldies concert. I mean, it's not hostile. Votes: 0

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared. Votes: 0

I just... want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress. Just for a few minutes more. Votes: 0

CS: I always say there's a tribal element in a rock concert. There's a real back-and-forth thing that goes on between the audience and the performers. Votes: 0

Whatever you paid to see Michael Jordan it wasn't enough. You knew that every night out there you were gonna get the greatest concert of your life. Votes: 0

If a concert film is an experience of the musicianship without critiquing it, then this, too, is dropping you into a world and letting you experience it. Votes: 0

To me, there's nothing worse than going to a concert and you're so looking forward to hearing your favorite song and they never play it. You're gutted. Votes: 0

I feel, in a way, on a record, you can be more subtle. In the live setting, everything gets amplified. The dynamics are more extreme in concert. Votes: 0

I started out coming from more of a concert music background. It just turns out that 20th-century music techniques lend themselves to scary movies and horror movies. Votes: 0

Farm Aid was started in 1985 by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews as a concert to support small local farms in the U.S. Votes: 0

I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance. Votes: 0

I'm at my 3 year-olds year-end concert. It's full of very off-key, mostly unfocused children, but this father is still beaming. Must be how God feels on Sunday. Votes: 0

Antonio Sanchez is from Mexico City. I met him at a Pat Metheny concert. He did a solo, and I thought, 'This is an octopus man!' Votes: 0

When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts. Votes: 0

My perfect first date? Maybe a concert or a football game. That would be my ideal first date, but would the girl like it? I dont know. Votes: 0

My perfect first date? Maybe a concert or a football game. That would be my ideal first date, but would the girl like it? I don't know. Votes: 0

After the 'Last Waltz' concert, it just seemed very healthy to me to put making a record as far out of my mind as I possibly could. Votes: 0

Everyone should be able to go to a concert and enjoy music, and not feel like they're going to be harassed. That's how I see punk music. Votes: 0

I want to prove that Holst's 'The Planets' can be as much of a sensory overload as a concert by the Grateful Dead, and just as exciting. Votes: 0

So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music. Votes: 0

The reader's impression is one of a dream - the only thing that's left upon waking is the memory of a melody at the end of a concert. Votes: 0

The harmony of a concert, to which you listen with delight, must have on certain classes of minute animals the effect of terrible thunder; perhaps it kills them. Votes: 0

When you offer a vibration, the Universal forces are working in concert with each other in order to satisfy you. You really are the center of the Universe. Votes: 0

The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea of listening at all. Votes: 0

A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common. Votes: 0

Onstage, you can be anything you want to be. In concert, I might project a different side of myself, but I wouldn't do anything I'd be embarrassed of. Votes: 0

I'm looking forward to going out at the concert with a clear head, with a clear mind, with a clear spirit and experiencing whatever it is. It's great. Votes: 0

There's a whole gamut of things to do with film music that don't apply when you're making a record or if you're writing a concert piece or something. Votes: 0

We've been doing something every year. We had a rock concert a few years ago to benefit the Garden of Dreams. And then we had the mask event. Votes: 0

Stand-up comedy is tough right now. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. You either fight it or embrace it. Votes: 0

Independent of others and in concert with others, your main task in life is to do what you can best do and become what you can potentially be. Votes: 0

True happiness for me is playing a concert in Blink-182, and then hanging out with my friends and my wife and son, and going out for Mexican food. Votes: 0

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together. Votes: 0

The only I would say is a little different is when I know my parents are in the audience. That's never going to be the same as another concert. Votes: 0

I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It's my job as a country music artist to be honest about that. Votes: 0

I still get butterflies. It's because there's a certain level of responsibility you carry when doing a concert. You've got to sound at least as good as the record. Votes: 0

Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad. Votes: 0

The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open to him as a servant. Votes: 0

If I'm doing a concert, and I'm having a problem with the audience... I just play a Bob Marley song, and I'm good for the rest of the night. Votes: 0

I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well. Votes: 0

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world. Votes: 0

Most women can't handle the reality of what comes with being with me. It takes a very secure woman to be backstage at a concert hearing 15,000 females going crazy. Votes: 0

You shouldn't even be writing this story if you haven't heard me play live. You can't write with the passion you receive until you see a Dick Dale concert. Votes: 0

I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms. Votes: 0

The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox. Votes: 0

I love whenever they downgrade a hurricane to a tropical depression, because I always think of a tropical depression as how I feel three songs into a Jimmy Buffett concert. Votes: 0

I like to talk to the crowd on stage. I don't like going to a concert and feeling like the people on stage don't care whether or not I'm there. Votes: 0

The fans have been really incredible everywhere we've been. You want to make sure you put on the best concert of your life to show them how appreciative you are. Votes: 0

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business, live concerts. Votes: 0

In one of our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 pounds on an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony. Votes: 0

I'd rather have people who are enthusiastic about what I'm doing than like, "Well, I thought we were going to a Miley Cyrus concert and now it's a strip show!" Votes: 0

The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed at a concert or during a rehearsal. Votes: 0

I did a whole concert in Atlanta with my fly open, and I had a black suit on and a white shirt. My white shirt was protruding from the fly. Votes: 0

When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons. Votes: 0

The players in the promotion business today are, by and large, not in it for the art anymore. It's all about how many bucks can you make on a concert. Votes: 0

I hope that the next time you go to a concert, the band doesn't play the song you wanna hear! And instead, they just play songs off their new album! Votes: 0

When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that they obviously like and then they dance the whole time. Votes: 0

The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience. Votes: 0

What's happened - in our country, anyhow - is that the young people have shied away from the formality of the concert hall, that tie - and - tails philharmonic image. Votes: 0

I really, really love new work, and that's why, you know, I produced a concert series supporting new musicals and stuff like that. I hope to do more things like that. Votes: 0

To listen only to records is a sin of narcissism. It is important to hear live music, in concert, which is a source of emotions that a record can never convey. Votes: 0

When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert. Votes: 0

The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but I was unsure of how to get back there. Votes: 0

I know exactly what Einstein meant when he said, "Dancers are the athletes of God." You three look like angels. I can't wait to see you dancing in the Christmas concert. Votes: 0

The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business. Votes: 0

The private sector is growing so incredibly in India, in every city you have industries for whom building a concert hall would be nothing financially. But they just don't do it. Votes: 0

Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a person connects with goes much deeper than generalized issues of simplicity and complexity. Votes: 0

But Maine is a special place: there's something about untold acres of natural beauty in concert with an underachieving public school system that leads to deviations from the customary and commonsensical. Votes: 0

Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him. Votes: 0

I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church. Votes: 0

I love pop music... some hip hop... not super big into rap, but I love Rihanna. I love Alicia Keys. Rihanna was my first concert I went to. I love her. Votes: 0

Getting to communicate with many people through our shows was just great in itself and I felt a lot of energy. I think I learned what love is through our concert. Votes: 0

Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world. Votes: 0

Of course, we also have to play in concert halls. This is our dream when you are a musician - to play in a good, comfortable hall with a wonderful acoustic. Votes: 0

They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days before a public appearance are to me. Votes: 0

When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and excitement. Votes: 0

I don't want to control anybody's mind or anybody's heart -- I just want to help free people from the concert of sex as evil instead of a gift from God. Votes: 0

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children. Votes: 0

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's relationship to a concert. He neither composes the music, nor interprets it-he merely keeps the machinery running. Votes: 0

Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention. Votes: 0

Hamburg is getting a new symbol with its new Elbe Philharmonic concert hall. Such an architecturally impressive building is built somewhere in the world maybe once every five years, if you're lucky. Votes: 0

I like having deadlines... a film release date or a concert premiere date. It channels one's energy into doing often remarkable work that oceans of extra time would probably not improve upon. Votes: 0

To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports. Votes: 0

You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film. Votes: 0

I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw in concert. Unfortunately, I never did get to meet him. Votes: 0

When Pandora doesn't pay, and bars don't pay, and weddings don't pay, and nobody buys CDs or shirts or concert tickets or lessons, then the musician can't make a living making music. Votes: 0

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it. Votes: 0

I not only play at the prestigious classical concert halls like Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, but also hospitals, churches, prisons, and restricted facilities for leprosy patients, just to mention a few. Votes: 0

In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?" Votes: 0

Throughout the evening I would be recording these long saxophone delays and about four hours into the concert, if I wanted to take a break I would just play back the saxophone. Votes: 0

Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American poetry, combining Beat aesthetics, psychedelic imagery, collage techniques. Votes: 0

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings. Votes: 0

The global work of the United Nations is not without reason compared to that of a family - striving for a common goal in concert with all members for a better future. Votes: 0

What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It looked so exciting... I wanted to be part of it. Votes: 0

You want to meet a bunch of really friendly people? Go to a Slayer concert. There'll be some real psychos there, but most of those people will take care of each other. Votes: 0

Believe me when I say this: you can't please everyone in concert, even though I still want to. Someone always wants you to sing a song that isn't necessarily on your set list. Votes: 0

Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It's old hat! Votes: 0

But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert. Votes: 0

Over the years, I managed to develop this comedy career, went from opening act to headliner at comedy clubs, to playing concert halls, and had an off-Broadway show with 'Sleepwalk With Me.' Votes: 0

One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory is that much of what folks think is conspiracy is really many people acting in concert to make or protect their money. Votes: 0

I need a challenge. I need the intellectual stimulation. I'm a member of a community on each film, working in concert to try to bring an idea to life. It's a great job. Votes: 0

If you think of the history, in the days of Brahms and Beethoven and all these guys, almost every concert was a new music concert. To play something old was really an exception. Votes: 0

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. Votes: 0

When I write, I'm sort of old-fashioned in the sense that I like to write something that I feel I could just perform alone, obviously, because I do that a lot in concert. Votes: 0

One time we played a concert in Antwerp, Belgium. At least I thought it was Antwerp, Belgium. Turns out it was a Stop 'n Shop in Wisconsin somewhere, but it was fun man. Votes: 0

Well the way I ended up with my own record is that I did this concert at Wesleyan University. It was just one night and we had no thought of making a record. Votes: 0

I'm a Freddie Mercury fan. (In response to an interviewer backstage at a Queen concert at the LA Forum, who asked: Can I tell my viewers that Michael Jackson is a Queen fan? Votes: 0

When Evanescence took time off, I bought a big concert harp and started taking lessons like I was in high school again, which was really, really fun. I felt like I was learning again. Votes: 0

I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I don't have to prepare it, and sometimes I have a concert grand! Votes: 0

Most recently we've been working in concert situations rather than clubs. because there aren't too many rooms there like Ronnie Scott's, that are pure music rooms, where people come specifically to listen to music. Votes: 0

All too frequently the amateur will purchase a fine modern camera and proceed to use it for making the most elementary simple snapshots. This surely is like playing 'Chopsticks' on a concert grand piano. Votes: 0

Every once in a while I'll find a new way of playing something, it will suggest itself. But generally speaking, there's a set sonic potential, and that's in concert with a set instrumental technique. Votes: 0

As you expand your meditation practice, in concert with your faith, you will find that these divine moments come more often, until you are finally awakened to your own deepest self, one with Christ. Votes: 0

You go to any Jay-Z concert, and he plays his hits. Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on. It's the hardest thing. Votes: 0

I grew up a fat kid in a small town in Minnesota who was a tomboy and happened to play a mean violin. My goal was to be a famous concert artist some day. Votes: 0

The second album of Black Mages is currently in the process of recording and the basic tracks have already been completed. Hopefully sometime in the future we will be able to have a concert. Votes: 0

When I was singing "King of the Mountain," it was a pivotal point in the show. That's the song that took us from this concert setting of individual songs into the theatrical narrative piece. Votes: 0

Recently, I went to a disco with friends, and all the young people were saying, 'Dudamel, we want to go to your concert, but it's impossible because it's sold out.' It's really amazing. Votes: 0

My wife and I got to go onstage at a Flaming Lips concert at Webster Hall once. We dressed up like Scientology aliens and danced around. We had a shootout onstage with Santa Claus. Votes: 0

I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert - all that I love. To make a movie myself... no! Votes: 0

The Toddstock thing is the closest thing, I have to say, a Grateful Dead sort of thing where it all lapses over from the formality of a concert into more of a lifestyle thing. Votes: 0

When people come to a concert, they wanna hear the hits, the big radio songs, and they wanna hear them how they're used to hearing them. I like playing them how they were recorded. Votes: 0

We need to embed our forces - our troops inside the Iraqi military. We need to arm directly the Kurds. And all of that has to be done in concert with the Arab nations. Votes: 0

In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert. Votes: 0

Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back. Votes: 0

As much as we pump iron and we run to build our strength up, we need to build our mental strength up... so we can focus... so we can be in concert with one another. Votes: 0

I was at a U2 concert and someone asked me if my hair color was real... I thought to myself, if I had $1 for every time someone asked me this, I would be very rich. Votes: 0

I do remember being in high school and trying to go to an Outlaws concert, but I was too drunk and ended up in trouble with the police at some truck stop on 95 in Connecticut. Votes: 0

If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting. Votes: 0

In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style. Votes: 0

I don’t show my body for a good cause... if one day in a concert I pull down my pants, I would leave without job to those reporters who say I’m a woman Votes: 0

In fact, since no one's been interested in my work, I took the responsibility recently to invest in my own work, so I'm producing a concert that was done at the Vision Festival in May. Votes: 0

It's the same at a rock-and-roll concert. You have an opening number with a strong entrance; then you go through a lot of the old standards, building up to your hit song at the end. Votes: 0

We put out a live thing, it seemed more like a bootleg though but, it would be nice to see like a concert filmed with like good cameras you know, instead of just DV cams. Votes: 0

It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert stage as it is performed by different orchestras and choruses throughout the world. Votes: 0

I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me! Votes: 0

The Millennium Stadium thing was for the Tsunami concert. It was a thing that I think every band in the country would have liked to be a part of at the time that it happened. Votes: 0

For all three of us, the Caracalla concert was a major event in our lives. I hope I am not immodest to think it was also unforgettable for most of the people who were present. Votes: 0

By the time I was eight I was taking classical piano lessons and I wanted to be a concert pianist. But that didn't work out. I graduated from high school and my formal education ended. Votes: 0

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama, Thank you for sending me Christmas and New Year greetings yet again. Welcome back to India... Would have loved to host you at my concert in Baroda on the 26th! Votes: 0

I don't believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don't believe I can offend you in a concert. A comedy club is a place where you work out material; you're trying material. Votes: 0