“Fairy folk a-listening Hear the seed sprout in the spring, And for music to their dance Hear the hedgerows wake from trance, Sap that trembles into buds Sending little rhythmic floods Of fairy sound in fairy ears. Thus all beauty that appears Has birth as sound to finer sense And lighter-clad intelligence.” LittlesSoundListeningBirthSpringEarsFolksSeedsFairyFloodBudLightersSapTranceSproutsHedgerows Book:Daniel Deronda: Easyread Edition Source: Daniel Deronda: Easyread Edition
“I used to breakdance, be a b-boy. I love hip-hop from back in the graffiti days, growing up listening to Michael Jackson. Loved it from birth. I know it all, from Afrika Bambaataa, the roots and the beginning. I came up in a good era.” KnowsUsedBoysGrowing UpGrowingListeningBirthRootsHip HopHipsErasHopsGraffitiKnow It All Author:DJ Khaled
“Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me, it's on an elevator or in my car listening to absolutely nothing. I'll just be driving and then the lyrics birth.” ThinkingGivingWritingEasyCarListeningBirthGive MeDrivingProducersAbsolutely NothingElevators Author:Brooke Valentine
“As an artist, I identify with Sandro Botticelli. We know him as the man who painted Primavera and The Birth Of Venus. The goddesses and ancient subjects he chose represented virtues which were meant to inspire people. Then he went through a dark phase when he was listening to the sermons of Savonarola, who preached against the worldly pleasures of the Renaissance. But Botticelli's works live on, inspiring people to this day. Five hundred years after his death, he still has thousands of fans!” PeopleKnowsMenYearsStillsArtistDarkPleasureVirtueFiveFansSubjectsInspireHe ManListeningBirthHundredAncientThis DayGoddessPhasesWorldlySermonsRenaissanceVenusWorldly PleasuresBotticelli Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.'” MotherListeningBirthDaughterYeahMy DaughterBaths Author:Norah Jones
“As much as he's been through, he's so alive and open to change. That's what I wanted to channel and I feel that's the root of who he is. So I was still and listening to God. All of that came together to really birth this human being known as Ralph Angel.” FeelsHumansStillsWantedTogetherHuman BeingsKnownAliveListeningBirthAngelRootsListening To God Author:Kofi Siriboe
“When I was a kid, I was always going to bed creating a story and that was the birth of filmmaking for me. I would like going to the dream-state by telling the story to someone else in my mind. That was my imaginary friend; it was an imaginary audience listening to my story.” MindKidsAudienceListeningBirthImaginaryFilmmakingImaginary Friend Author:Denis Villeneuve
“If you aren't creeped out by the No Birth Control Left Behind rhetoric of the White House and Planned Parenthood, you aren't listening closely enough. The anesthetic of progressive benevolence always dulls the senses. Wake up.” IfsEnoughHouseLeftWhiteBehindsListeningBirthWake UpSensesWhite HouseProgressiveParenthoodRhetoricLeft BehindBenevolenceBirth ControlPlanned ParenthoodAnesthetics Author:Michelle Malkin