I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If I have an audience, I'd like to make music for my whole life. But it's not really up to me.
You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.
Music is a performance and needs the audience.
It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.
How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.
I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.
To bring a large audience to a piece of serious music and make it accessible does not mean reducing it in any way. And I've learned that if something is good, even if it is a little difficult, people will get that it is good.
Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.
I feel confident that the work I've put in will make people see me as a music artist before anything else.
I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears or inspiration. Otherwise, why should I do it?