When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.
Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it's the minimum that I answer myself.
Joan was one of my biggest fans, as was Chrissie Hynde.
The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader.
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.
Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.
On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud.
Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word.
I have quite a lot of fans in Holland because that is where my mother is from, in fact I have a fan club there, and the fans don't always get the chance to see us drive the cars because getting to races across Europe isn't always possible for them.
As far as our fans are concerned, I'm the only one who counts; along with my teammates, obviously.
Today, many fans are saddened and upset by the lack of integrity they see in professional boxing that has significantly weakened the sport - the most deplorable problem of which is the treatment of the sport's athletes.