Jimmy Buffett Quotes

American audiences are great. They get what I am doing, but as my band will tell you, nowhere tops the Irish audience. They are just brilliant. They are very open, but the Americans and Spanish come a close second.

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.

I like to see other bands, and I like to hear their songs, but I really like it when they engage the audience.

I love connecting with the fans. I love being on stage.

I love seeing the fans of the music that I make.

You could be Top 5 on iTunes, but for people to buy an album, they've got to have a connection with an artist. Every time I bought someone's album, it was about the connection. I was loving everything, from their raps to their style. I wanted to meet them.

There's always a Van der Graaf audience that wants to hear the band's sound. And totally fair enough. Why not? It's a band. You like the band, you like the band.

I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.

It wasn't until 'Smokey Joe's' came out that I actually got to step out from behind the curtain and meet our 'fans.'

People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.

I've been a legitimate fan of Keith Urban's for a long time and have been to a bunch of his concerts.

A lot of times you go to a concert, and when you leave, you don't know anything more about the act then when you got there.

I always place myself as the archetypal Cure fan. I'm the wrong age, but I still think that if I like anything particularly, our fans will.

The Bad Seeds are a band I will travel a great distance to see whenever possible.

I think our fans are bigger and better students of Pearl Jam than we are.

We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show.

It's an amazing privilege to perform for an audience paying to hear the music that you've recorded.

To someone who's more of a surface fan, their favorite songs are the singles. But, we're the kind of band where a lot of the songs that aren't the singles are crazier live.

Epitaph is the place to be! They were all longtime, true fans of New Found Glory and they understand us.

You don't have a connection to your fans if they don't have a connection to you and the music.

There is nothing like the buzz of singing one of your songs during a show and hearing your fans singing with you.

One of the best things I get to do is meet people that have been to the shows and listened to the music. I still don't indulge in the social media side of things, so that's my way of starting conversations - actually hearing people talk.

There is nothing like hearing people sing your single back to you during a show.

Hellyeah have great fans.

I started performing in musical events after the success of 'Victory' and fans demanded the song 'Khaali Quarter' in every show.