Dianne Reeves Quotes

There is something about the stage that makes it so much better than being in the studio. I always connect with my audience; a concert to me is a collaboration between me and the audience, and I love it so much.

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 about communication, and the chemistry between an audience and the orchestra is absolutely essential; the performance does not exist in a bubble.

You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment.

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.

Musicians are like a preacher, a teacher, an actor. You are the mediator who can transfer the energy of beautiful music to the others.

But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms.

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

I watch everybody every night, from sitting down to being on their feet at the end, and I feel a sense of reinvention, of caring, presenting these songs in their purest form.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to the audience, to let them know what it would be like to be inside my head.

I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience.

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences.

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.

It's really important to create something, like with my creations as a musician. Just let it flow. Focus on how to deliver message to audience. Don't get ego.

When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records.

I want to sing for people. I want them to have the music. It's a nice feeling.

I just get such a connection from an audience. You play with them. I get mad at them. I yell at them. They yell at me. It's just fun.

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.

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

It's a constant challenge to get your arrangement and musical expression across to a new audience, especially when you're playing live every night like we are.

I love seeing live music.

Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.

I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life.

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