Steve Earle Quotes

But you can't really know your audiences so well.

I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults.

Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls.

It's like, on my solo stuff, every single person who buys the record, gets it. On the other stuff, the masses... when you have a hit on the radio, not everyone's going to get it. They are going to buy it for the hit.

We knew we were making records for a certain demographic. We didn't look outside of that.

Our audience isn't One Direction, Katy Perry, Rihanna fans.

When we opened in Paris, we opened in the Marais. And when we opened in London, it was in Soho. These aren't, like, edgy places. These are places where people - and young people - hang out.

The only people I don't reach on a very personal level are straight white men. They don't really need another entertainer dedicated for them exclusively, so they're fine.

I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.

I don't really think about what people think of my music, and how they listen to it or what my demographic is.

I'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics.

I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that have had a difficult time.

The audience is never wrong.

I grew up middle class, my best friends to this day are construction workers or military or whatever it is.

My parents were workers. My mom, especially in my high school years, was a stock clerk at Kmart... My dad was a bartender that worked banquets.

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do.

I think the biggest challenge was being aware of a certain audience that was going to see this film [lone survivor]. There's a big difference from a typical movie, journalists and critics and film goers that go see it find that, that's the general experience you have as a filmmaker. So that just kind of proves my point that there's a really different audience.

A writer either speaks to adults and bores kids, or speaks to kids and upsets adults.

The most important thing to remember is you must know your audience.

People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they're the happiest people I know.

I think initially, our audiences were filled with young men. You know, our initial audience was a lot of young guys who I think were trying to - who you played a bit of a big brother role for and were trying to sort out a lot of the same things right - soon as "Born To Run" hit, you know? So it was something that I worked pretty hard on.

I am part of the demographic and I love it.

Different cultures have different audiences.

Marketing is always a tricky thing with a rated R movie. Sometimes people just get what it is and they want to come see it, and sometimes you have to explain it more.

People who watch morning television are elderly, infirm or emotionally immature.