“I'm a radio nerd. I've loved radio since I was a kid. I'm a huge Howard Stern fan.” Quote by Brad Listi
“Getting tired of sitting, staring at my computer screen, day after day, where everyone is two-dimensional, reduced to an avatar photo, status updates, or maybe some carefully curated vacation photos. There's something exhausting about that after a while. I found myself wanting to hear voices.” TwoFoundVoiceComputerSittingTiredScreensStaringVacationExhaustingUpdatesGetting TiredComputer ScreenStatus Updates Author:Brad Listi
“People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsHonestyLonelyHonesty Love Author:Brad Listi
“The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to bite yourself.” PeopleWantTryingEnvironmentModernMediaStupidSellsBitesBullshitCrapStaticModern Media Author:Brad Listi
“To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.” WellsImportantJobsTalkingListeningListenersGood Listener Author:Brad Listi
“I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesI CanPlenty Author:Brad Listi
“Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a memoir of some kind. And doing so almost always deepens my enjoyment of the author and her work.” IfsWantKindMemoirEnjoymentInterviewsBiographiesHook Author:Brad Listi
“I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle of a big transition, and that the rules of the game are still sorting themselves out.” FeelsStillsBigsSeemsGamesMiddleIndustryOptimisticGood TimesTransitionPublishingSortingRules Of The GamePublishing Industry Author:Brad Listi
“I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.” WayStuffToo MuchComplainingUsual Author:Brad Listi
“Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and rhythm, kind of. Sometimes it's a track I fall I love with... but writing my own songs, I rarely write on tracks.” WritingKindIdeasSometimesWholeSongFallSoundMy OwnTrackRhythmToneChords Author:Tove Lo
“My main inspirations are the people around me, heartbreaks, frustration and everything that makes you feel stronger than you should.” PeopleFeelsShouldInspirationStrongerFrustration Author:Tove Lo