Quotes About Interaction

I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.

I have never seen faces, but because I have looked people in the eye, only their gazes.

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo. You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.

The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

When we were at the Apollo, Holiday was a block away. I asked her for her autograph.

I still play music for the same reasons as when I first started; for the energy, the feeling, the interaction with others. Not for the money, ego or greed.

You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.

You either have a great social life and shitty taste in music, or a fantastic taste in music with barely any social life.

When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story.

That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up.

This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.

Anywhere you had a commerce center, you had a lot of music.

People who just listen to music and are not a part of the creative community should realize that there is a lot of interaction between artists who have different styles.

I expect the audience to come up to my level.

I get a lot of satisfaction from crafting and shaping mixes. I love finding the right balance, the right dynamic. It's an emotional interaction with the music.

I don't remember explaining that I was making electronic music to anyone, but I don't remember anyone being curious about it, either.

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means.

I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own.

Human learning presupposes a specific social nature and a process by which children grow into the intellectual life of those around them

In the real world there is no nature vs. nurture argument, only an infinitely complex and moment-by-moment interaction between genetic and environmental effects