“People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.” Quote by 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
“I want people to FEEL something... If it's sadness, anger, horny, happiness whatever! As long as it doesn't just pass you by.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsLongSadnessHorny Author:Tove Lo
“There's this cliché of always falling in love with the latest song, and I'm kind of like that.” KindSongFallFalling In Love Author:Tove Lo