Lara Fabian Quotes

People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.

I want to connect with my fans the way Mary J. Blige's fans connect with her.

You either have fans who stick with you, or they don't. It comes down to making music that people connect with and great fans.

I enjoy letting my fans into my world.

I think one of the reasons people are so passionate about our band is because we're so accessible.

Music - you need the give and take from the audience, the feeling of attention. It's not about me: it's about the music itself.

We love all kinds of music: We love pop music, we love rock music, we love R & B and country, and we just pull from all our influences. So I don't really take offense as long as people are coming out to the shows and buying the records and becoming fans of the music. At the end of the day, the music is what's gonna speak to you.

I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed.

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

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

I'm not trying to run away from my fans at all. I want them to grow with me.

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 feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself.

My fans get passionate about certain songs.

I'm really in touch with my fans. Through their emails, letters and stories is how I decide what music I'm going to perform.

I loved the idea of touching base with an audience.

I do music for the fans. I want to lift fans up.

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

The best videos were the ones where I became friends with the artists first.

I believe the people that buy my music believes in me.

The thing that's been most important to me is being interactive with people that are listening to my music.

For me, a good show is not a perfect show; it's just one where you connected. It's a show where the fans got to know you, and they realize that you're human, but they also think you're a star and that you're talented and all that good stuff.

Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been a bunch of rowdy, crazy people, but we love our fans, and that's what the music is all about: touching them. Touching them touches us.

For me, getting my personality across is so important in getting that connection for people that enjoy my music.

I'm a music fan - I love meeting other musicians, I love talking to other musicians - and what greater opportunity to take advantage of whatever standing we might have to try and attract people? To say 'We don't know you, but we love you, and will you come play with us?' Sometimes they actually do.