I Quotes
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“I listened in
Yes I'm guilty of this
You should know this”
“I listened mesmerized, visualizing the goddess with her divine mate, wondering if it was possible for humans to replicate this perfect relationship. Would I be blessed with such a love in my life?”
Source: The Forest of Enchantments
“I listened more than I asked. There's a lot of information online, so many Youtube videos, countless interviews with all those obvious questions that were all answered for me. I just wanted to absorb her essence. I wanted to see the details, she has such mad style. I just wanted to see - the way she communicates with her hands, these gestures, her smile, how she moves through space.”
“I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.”
“I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was not alone, that I will never have to be alone, that there are friends and family and churches and coffee shops. I was not going to be cast into space.”
Source: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
“I listened to 19 guilty verdicts for my wife and me. And all I could do was sob.”
“I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.”
“I listened to a lot of Joni Mitchell in high school. She was sort of an inspiration to me. I think she's a great lyricist, and she makes interesting choices.”
“I listened to a lot of Michael Jackson growing up. A lot of Boyz II Men. I loved Mariah Carey. Just big vocalists. I was always that kid who just wore whatever and did whatever.”
“I listened to a lot of old school, golden era music. It gave me a lot of insight on how to rap and give my all.”
“I listened to a lot of stories when I was a kid. My mother told me stories, and I loved them.”
“I listened to a lot of tapes of British theatre actresses and tried to learn from them. As Americans, we don't have such a gift with language.”
“I listened to a lot of The Stooges when I was writing "Oscillate," imagining our hero moving through his days naturally embodying the spirit of a real punk. I say real, because today's idea of 'punk as fashion accessory' doesn't even register with him, it's more about the way he engages with the world.”
“I listened to a mind joint, and I wanted to do my own version of it, and what you hear on my mixtape is my take on what the whole CD sounds like.”
“I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.”
“I listened to Bill Bennett and tons of other talk show hosts who talked about that and other policies and started branching out and caring about other issues in regards to politics.”
“I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way.”
“I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out 'The Who,' which was my absolute favorite band.”
“I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.”
“I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.”
“I listened to Hillary [Clinton], and I heard the double talk. She's so good at it, and I'm not making this up, that the Communist Chinese have sent their cadres to study her speeches. They say she's the finest propagandist they've ever heard.”
“I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.”
“I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense.”
“I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.”
“I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music.”
“I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.”
“I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over on a Fisher Price record player. A friend in high school also introduced me to Richard Pryor. I wasn't writing material back then, but I would say funny stuff. I was good at making fun of people's moms. If I knew something personal about you, it would be used against you.”
“I listened to my inner desires. I became who I wanted to be because I didn’t get trapped in other peoples ideas of who I should be.”
Source: Life's Golden Ticket
“I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum.”
“I listened to that voice inside me-... Everyone has an inner voice; you just have to listen to it and trust it in order to be led by it. I did that, and it gave me the ability to live a life that's true to who I am and what I really wanted.”
“I listened to the bells on the door
and stole more than enough bottles for myself
to understand that everyone's chest
is a living room wall
with awkwardly placed photographs
hiding fist-shaped holes.”
Source: The Madness Vase
“I listened to the breeze gently slipping through the trees and caressing their lush canopies on its way to invisible places. And sitting there, I realized that both were enriched by the journey of the other. And I wondered what would happen if we were to take a lesson from the wind and the trees?”
“I listened to the crackling fire, the chirp of birds in the garden's potted evergreens- so different from the spring-sweet melodies I was used to. That I might never hear or be able to endure again.
Maybe Amarantha had won after all.
And some strange, new part of me wondered if my never returning might be a fitting punishment for him. For what he had done to me.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“I listened to the earth. It sings. Most people don't realize that.”
Source: The House in the Cerulean Sea
“I listened to the pure crystalline notes of one of Mozart's concertos dropping at my feet like leaves from the trees.”
“I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.”
“I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothing to do with the common music of this era. I was experimenting, I was searching for something new.”
“I listened to the wind bury winter; and when I tasted his grace, his grace had no name; only, night became something else in his presence, as though darkness had a soul, here, swaying to heartbeats roaring.”
Source: The Iron Hunt
“I listened to them fade away till all I could hear was my memory of the sound.”
Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“I listened to time clicking like hooves on pavement. But time isn't something you can rein in. It moves on without pause, taking us with it no matter how much we wish it otherwise.”
Source: Saints at the River
“I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals. When a witness hesitated, my mind would race to the conclusion that he was trying to hide something. What was it? I'd dissect the story in my brain and nine times out of ten figure out a hole they were trying to avoid.”
“I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals.”
“I listened, while the scents found their hiding places in the cracks in the floorboards, and the words of the story, and the rest of my life.”
Source: The Scent Keeper
“I listened wide-eyed, stupid. Glowing by her voice in the dim light. If chocolate was a sound, it would've been Constantine's voice singing. If singing was a color, it would've been the color of that chocolate.”
Source: The Help
“I listened with interest, but thought it too sad a thing that we and the foreigners knew each other only in this way: they came conquering, and we went with apologies forced from our lips.”
Source: The Sunset Emperor
“I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.”
“I listened, vaguely knowing now that I had committed some awful wrong that I could not undo, that I had uttered words I could not recall even though I ached to nullify them, kill them, turn back time to the moment before I had talked so that I could have another chance to save myself.”
Source: Black Boy
“I lit a cigarette. 'Go ahead, take a smoke,' my father said. 'It won't kill you. Only sadness will.”
Source: Sonora
“I lit a fire and sat there in my rocking chair. We lit a candle for him. It was as simple as that. I knew that what I had done may have been a catalyst in Danny's death, but I also knew that there was really nothing else I could have done. I can never really lose that feeling. I wasn't guilty, but I felt responsible in a way. It's part of what I do. Managing the band and taking care of the music is very painful at times. It's a sad story. A moment I will never forget, years I can never replace, music the world will never hear, all gone in the turning of a second.”
Source: Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream
“I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me, but the room just filled up with mosquitoes.”