"Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator"
- Jeff Tweedy
About this Quote
In this quote, Jeff Tweedy is revealing his belief that it is ridiculous to see one's audience as potential burglars. He believes that when someone picks to listen to their music, they are not simply passive listeners, but rather active participants and partners in the experience. This highlights the value of the relationship between an artist and their audience, and the mutual regard and appreciation that ought to exist. By viewing the audience as collaborators, Tweedy is stressing the idea that music is a shared experience, and that the audience plays an essential function in the production and pleasure of it.
This quote is written / told by Jeff Tweedy somewhere between August 26, 1967 and today. He/she was a famous Musician from USA.
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