Alex Smith Quotes

You are not an observer, you are a participant.

I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.

You can't make people respond.

It's never fun to sit and watch, especially when you think you could be impacting the game.

The best thing you can do to an audience is to make them work.

People really respond when given an opportunity to take part in something.

You have to be a part of the conversation if you want to change the conversation.

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it.

I could either watch it happen or be a part of it.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.

I never want to tell a story where I'm lecturing to the audience.

It's always good to get in contact, get involved with your teammates.

Everybody knows that at a Freedia show, you're definitely going to have some crowd participation, and they're anticipating and waiting for that moment.

Stay engaged; be part of the process.

I can see that when I talk, guys listen.

I'm all the way hands-on when it comes to my videos.

Sometimes we feel like we're only interacting with what's already happening; we don't actually affect anything - sometimes I feel like that, anyway.

I've always known I've had power.

I always rate a convention by the lack of blisters from twiddling my thumbs.

Everyone wants to play. If you don't, normally you're not happy.

I must have my share in the conversation.

It is important to be involved in everything.

... The future is very markedly in your hands, its value and its moral standing in the world and among ourselves. If you will take the power you have and use it, I have no fear of the outcome of the future.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.