Joyce DiDonato Quotes

Every time I get in front of an audience, I do the best I can. I really don't look at it like, you know, 'This is gonna be this crowd, or that crowd.' If anything, I think about the demographics only because of what songs will entertain more than others.

Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.

When you walk off the stage, I think the end point is that you enjoyed yourself. I get to say that almost every time - either I made a few new fans or something resonated.

I wanted to enjoy the process. I wanted to enjoy just being on stage and giving back and the feedback.

I do not play to musicians. I play to the people.

People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.

That audience is there for me.

I can't imagine working without and audience.

To me, the stage is like my living room, or my home, and when you come over to my house, I have to be a hostess and invite you in so that we can have a great time.

So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.

I just want my audiences to be entertained and feel like they're part of the show. I want to show them a good time and create an experience they're going to enjoy.

I think of my shows as family reunions. I give 100% every time. I just do. It's a huge therapeutic release. Also I love my touring family. And I love my audiences very much.

After over 50 years of headlining, I've been received very beautifully. But I always say, when you're onstage, you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's OK.

If 1,500 people are gonna see me and they each pay $20, I want to give them everything that I possibly can. They just made an exchange that allows me to live a dream of mine since I was a child. And that's not lost on me. So I want to expend every ounce of power and energy I have.

I know that out of the thousands of people who show up, maybe nine of them will actually understand what's going on stage, music-wise. But no one should be sitting down in my concert.

I think the thing is we really have a great time playing on stage. I think that people really feel that. So I guess we put on a good show.

I consider each performance to be an intimate conversation between me and the audience members.

People paid money for tickets to see us and be entertained by us, and we've never forgotten that. Anything after that was a bonus.

People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you hit the road. It's also where the most fun is, the adrenaline of it every night, giving this incredibly well rehearsed charismatic version of yourself every night and people hopefully loving you.

Every night, I don't care if I'm doing interviews that day or photo shoots that day, what's most important is that I'm making sure I'm right and tight for the show. These people all come out to see me, so I have to perform and make sure that they never forget it.

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics.

I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.

Every time I reach a new audience, that means I'm doing something right.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

Anytime you get an audience that's paying attention, you enjoy it more.