“I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.” DifferentArtistListeningFranklin Author:Jonny Lang
“I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.” ThinkingWritingArtFactsArtistSongInterestNaturalListeningGrewKingsGrew UpInspiredGuitarSongwritingWriting SongsPlaying Guitar Author:Kate Voegele
“The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity. Receptivity is the artist's holding him or herself alive and open to hear what being may speak.” MayArtistSpeakAliveListeningConfusedPassivityReceptivity Book:The Courage to Create Source: The Courage to Create
“Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!” PeopleFeelsArtistSongListeningSinging Author:PJ Harvey
“Writers and musicians know well the importance of extensive reading for successful writing or extensive listening for musical composition. Likewise, visual artists... understand that successful artistic creativity depends upon extensive visual exposure.” KnowsWritingWellsArtistReadingCreativitySuccessfulListeningDependsMusicianImportanceMusicalArtisticVisualsCompositionExposureVisual ArtVisual ArtistArtistic CreativityMusical CompositionSuccessful WritingExtensive Reading Author:Paul Laseau
“The artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be out listening to everything, looking at everything, and thinking it all out afterward.” ThinkingBookLife IsArtistFoundLanguageListeningActiveConcreteShelterTowersIvoryActive LifeIvory Tower Author:Sean O'Casey
“We thought everybody read comics. We didn't know we were weird. We didn't know people that collected comics were strange. It was as normal as listening to rock music on the radio.” PeopleKnowsArtistRocksStrangeListeningNormalRadioRock Music Author:Gilberto Hernandez
“I'm intrigued on how music is made, that's how I started getting into it. Of course I've been in the booth before, just joking around to see how it is, and I'll make a couple of beats here or there and help my artists out. But other that, I'll stick to listening.” MadeHelpingArtistCoursesListeningCoupleMusic IsBeatsSticksIntriguedJoking Around Author:Kevin Durant