Audience Quotes

“The reader is the most important character in any book.”

“I write for the people.”

“Trust your readers. They're smarter than you think.”

“I just make the music, and people have to make of it what they will.”

“I was never the critics' darling, but the fans always showed up.”

“My audience is my primary concern, and I’m not going to change my show for anybody.”

“I write for women who read me in the goddamn subways on the way to work.”

“You can't subvert the audience, but you can tell them you're subverting them.”

“I am not interested in an audience that is comfortable.”

“The problem of the artist is to get the audience to care.”

“People are not going to care about your music unless they care about you.”

“Our first duty is not to the old sales curve, it is to the audience.”

“The big ballads were a double-edged sword. They brought us a huge female audience, but they also alienated some of the hardcore rock fans.”

“What did he say?”

“My films are not for the critics. They are for the public.”

“I think the audience is getting smarter and smarter. They can tell when something is fake, so our job is to make it feel absolutely real.”

“We were making music for people who worked for a living.”

“I like that my pictures are accessible. I don't want them to be elitist.”

“What I want is a magazine that is not for everybody.”

“Movies are a voyeuristic experience. You have to make the audience feel like they are peeking in on someone's life.”