Natalie MacMaster Quotes

I also love Dido and Nelly Furtado and people who are really into their music like that. And I love Renee Zellweger.

I don't think of anyone as a 'groupie.' People who connect with my music are just inspiring and amazing.

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 see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.

A lot of times, bands will go on tour, and people only wanna hear the hits. Luckily, our fans are receptive to our new stuff.

The people who come to Purple shows are there for the music.

I think the true rock fans are pretty loyal.

Even though I've been an avid consumer of contemporary music since my early teens, the world of rock music has always been at something of a distance - I listen to it, read about it, I talk about it, but I've had little or no contact with its denizens.

So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day.

The States still has the best audiences by far.

I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a country music lover in L.A. None of my friends really listen to it, and they hate getting in the car with me because I just blast Taylor Swift.

There is a lot of music in the world that I love that does not always get the appropriate exposure.

Scotland is one of my favourite places to perform: it's really something special. Scottish audiences are just so enthusiastic; their approach to dance music just feels similar to my own somehow.

Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.

I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.

I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much.

When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.

There's nothing better than making music and hearing 3,000 people chant, 'Afrojack! Afrojack!'

I love Celtic music and listening to it, but I just don't have the type of voice to sing it.

I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

I don't like to use the word 'fans;' I call them 'Dick Dale music lovers.'

The audience, they're not professionals. They just love music. It isn't necessary to play over their heads to be admired.

I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.