of course the price matters. it matters for 90% of the people who bought their coins. if the price is stable more people are willing to convert their savings into bitcoin. which isn't the case right now.
Yes its very important because this is the basis of some people if they are going to sell or buy it to get more profit. Last month the price of bitcoin is stable but right now its not.
yes we cannot ignore the importance of bitcoin. in fact bitcoin price keep to much importance for everyone who is related and touch to bitcoin in any field, in fact we want the price of bitcoin too much stable so that more and more day businessmen start investing money in bitcoin. I am sure that very soon the big big investors will invest money in bitcoin.