Lukas Foss Quotes

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.

When playing any song in front of an audience, you're watching them experience it, and it changes. In a lot of ways, it's almost like the music is just the background buzz to what's happening between you and the audience in the room.

Immediate, simultaneous connection between the audience and a performer is crucial to me. It's why I do what I do. Other things, like recording, are satisfying, but they're not the same. I love the connection I get with the audience when I'm sitting behind that piano.

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.

Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.

A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.

With so many ways to communicate at our disposal, we must not forget the transformative power of a live music experience and genuine human exchange.

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

I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.

In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous.

I think any actor would agree that you can't replace theater. It's immediate. You have the energy of the crowd and every single night it's different.

I prefer theatre to television - you get to feel the love.

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.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

I like to say, 'I hit every type of music in a show, and I play the people, not the instruments.'

I really enjoy creating music onstage, to participate in making music live.

There's nothing better than live music. It's raw energy, and raw energy feeds the soul.

I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

I'm kind of big on performance in general. I like the sort of entertainment where you can go in and be fully immersed in it.