Tony Martin Quotes

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.

You can impact on people with music, and I love that because music impacts on me.

People like to be moved, that's why they're here listening to you instead of sitting at home with the Shipping Forecast.

When I perform, I like to immerse myself in the music, and I just try to get off on the diversity of music.

I just play to good people; they seem to like what I do, and the more they like it, the more I play.

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

I want to reach the people. This music is the people's music. It's music for your brain, for your heart, for your soul. That is what we always go to achieve. Soul united.

I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.

In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.

I think it's almost a law of nature that there are only certain things that hit an emotive space, and that's what was always special for me about music: it made me feel something.

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.'

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.

Music is so much fun because each song is like a film in itself. You get to go from beginning to end and interact and exchange energy with a live audience.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

That's what I love about music. It's immediate. There's a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it's been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours.

If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.

As a songwriter, that's really what you hope for - to make that connection with your audience.

We can play all we want, but if nobody's there, if nobody feels anything with what we're playing, then what's the purpose?

To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much.