#concerts

When recordings replaced concerts as the dominant mode of hearing music, our conception of the nature of performance and of music itself was altered. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#conception #concerts #dominant #hearing #itself

His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#concerts #did #ever #finest #glad

People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible. ↗

— Bryn Terfel

#concerts #course #everyone #fee #good

I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung. ↗

— John McCormack

#because #career #concerts #days #dream

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american idol #believe #children #concerts #counterparts

My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#lady-gaga #music #stage #music

I would love to do more private concerts. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#i #love #more #private #would

I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in a box throughout the whole evening. ↗

— Kitty Carlisle

#concerts #evening #i #old #sat

Our eyes met and locked as the song came to a halt, followed by a screaming conclusion from the crowd, girls around us pressing me into the stage, forcing all the air out of my lungs, but I’d forgotten about doing anything so basic as breathing. ↗

— Emme Rollins

#concerts #crowd #crowded #new-adult #new-adult-romance

For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry! ↗

— John Lennon

#beatles #concerts #jewelry #music #stage-patter