“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
“I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the radio, but going to studios, greeting musicians and artists, just getting a vibe.” PeopleFeelsArtistListeningMusicianRadioStudiosSmellGreetings Author:Jimmy Cliff
“I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still some of my favorite.” StillsArtistMusicListeningGrewGrew UpMusic IsMy FavoriteHip HopHipsHopsThis DayBiggieHip Hop Artist Author:Michael Isabella
“As an artist, I always just want to grow as a songwriter. I listen to a lot of music. I listen to music all the time, whether it's hip-hop or soul or rock or whatever. I'm always listening to music and trying to learn from other songwriters and how they tap into certain emotions and communicate more clearly.” WantTryingSoulArtistCertainGrowsEmotionRocksListeningHip HopCommunicateHipsHopsSongwritersListening To Music Author:Trip Lee
“The thing about being an artist is that you evolve so quickly, you grow, you learn, you change, you find yourself hating work that you made months prior. That's the hard part about making an album, but every couple days I fall asleep listening to my album front to back and I lay there feeling so proud of what I did.” MadeHardFeelingsArtistHateFallGrowsFrontsListeningMonthsProudCoupleLaysAlbumsEvolveFinding YourselfBeing An Artist Author:Halsey
“I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.” PeopleIfsInspirationalMindArtBigsArtistFearChangeListeningEntrepreneurDebateIgnoredMaking ChangesBeing Ignored Author:Damien Hirst
“People like Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. And there's a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up.” PeopleCountryArtistListeningGrewHealthySceneGrew UpStonesEnglandWestBobRollingCaptainsDylanRolling StonesNinaHowlin WolfCaptain Beefheart Author:PJ Harvey
“I believe in spiritualism. It's like, when you listen to music or something and then you're sort of primed. If you're an artist, you're sort of primed and inspired, and you start drawing, you sort of have the spirit of what you're listening to, still in you. You just have sort of an inspiration.” IfsBelieveStillsInspirationSpiritArtistI BelieveListeningInspiredI Believe InDrawingListening To MusicSpiritualism Author:Daniel Johnston
“Of what use is the universe? What is the practical application of a million galaxies? Yet just because it has no use, it has a use - which may sound like a paradox, but is not. What, for instance, is the use of playing music? If you play to make money, to outdo some other artist, to be a person of culture, or to improve your mind, you are not really playing - for your mind is not on the music. You don't swing. When you come to think of it, playing or listening to music is a pure luxury, an addiction, a waste of valuable time and money for nothing more than making elaborate patterns of sound.” IfsThinkingMindMayPersonsPlayUseArtistCultureUniverseSoundMillionsListeningPureWasteMusic IsAddictionPatternsValuablePracticalsInstanceLuxuryMaking MoneyParadoxApplicationSwingsGalaxyListening To MusicPlaying MusicTime And MoneyValuable Time Author:Alan Watts
“I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.” ArtistCreativityListeningAdmireArtistryHendrix Author:LL Cool J
“When I go and write with other artists - a lot of the time it's with them - it's like a therapy session almost. I ask them what they're listening to and what they're going through and what their influences are and I try to get inside of their head and step into their shoes for a second.” WritingTryingArtistAsksStepsInfluenceListeningShoesTherapySession Author:Bonnie McKee
“Aside from that i’m an introvert and i’m a quiet person. The benefit of that is I listen. It’s not like my mouth is open and I broadcast everything and i’m drowning everyone out. When I’m listening to the incredible artists I work with and i’m hearing their specialised advice on what they would do with something then we can, all together, as a big collaborative group, all work together to achieve something together.” PersonsBigsTogetherArtistGroupsAdviceListeningQuietBenefitsMouthsIncrediblesHearingIntrovertDrowningQuiet Person Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“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 have some things that I've been workin' on, such as delivery, wordplay, breath control, just a lot of other things that artists work on, that the listener may not be listening for.” MayArtistListeningBreathsListenersDeliveryWordplay Author:Joe Budden
“When I first started, I wrote some songs with Linda Perry. She's so instrumental in a lot of artist's lives, listening to you and then helping you write songs that are you, that bring the most of what you are out, whereas a lot of producers might put their stamp on you. I gained confidence because I'm less of a straight-up, traditional vocalist.” WritingFirstsHelpingMightArtistSongListeningTraditionalProducersStampsStraight UpVocalist Author:Juliette Lewis
“The biggest possible thing that we're trying to do is change the conversation about what it means to be a working artist today, and hopefully, as the generation of performers that is training and listening to our show at the same time comes up, and becomes a working generation of performers listening to our show-hopefully that's going to change some of the ways they're looking at the hierarchy of theatre and start to blur those lines a bit more.” WayTryingMeanShowsTodayArtistBitsLinesGenerationsListeningConversationTrainingCome UpTheatreHopefullyPerformersHierarchyBlur Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“My feeling about young people who want to pursue a career is - the first thing is do your homework on where it all started. Go back and look at history. Look at why the shows you are loving today happened and the artists you are listening to happened. And do your homework on history. Whether it's musical movies, musical plays, Broadway musical recordings - do your homework! And then, that way you will have an understanding of why, now, certain movies, certain plays, certain musicals are making some sort of sense.” PeopleWayWantFirstsLooksPlayShowsFeelingsTodayYoungArtistCertainUnderstandingCareersHappenedListeningMusicalPursueBroadwayHomeworkBroadway MusicalWhy Now Author:Lorna Luft
“Some cultures don't have a separate word for music and dance. To my knowledge, this notion of listening to music without dancing is a Western creation. I can't think of any artist that I love that doesn't inspire movement in some form or another. I guess Tangerine Dream or early Vangelis or something like that, you're not really going to dance. But on the whole, I feel like dancing and music are so naturally intertwined. I feel like subconsciously, that's the goal whenever I'm working on music. It's kind of the defining thing: Does it got some funk to it, basically?” ThinkingKindDreamArtistCultureGoalCreationInspireListeningDancingWesternListening To MusicFunk Author:RJD2
“I guess I wanted to emulate the artists that my parents were listening to when I was growing up. I've always had this affinity for folk music, and music in general, for as long as I can remember. So as soon as I could start playing shows, I did. And my parents were really supportive of me the entire time.” LongRememberArtistParentGrowing UpListeningSupportiveFolk Music Author:Sarah Jaffe
“I don't know where genre really comes from. I grew up with parents who were artists, and I was always interested in what music they were listening to and open to all kinds of genres. So it's nice to see that whole families come to my concerts. I like having an element in my music that is inclusive rather than exclusive, without being pop for the sake of it. It's not important to me how many people listen to it - it's more wonderful that it brings people who wouldn't usually meet into the same room.” PeopleKindImportantArtistParentNiceWonderfulListeningAll Kinds Author:Nils Frahm
“As an artist it's exciting to know that you've made someone's life decision after them listening to your song. To get married or un-married, when you realize that people are listening it brings a feel of responsibility that can't be ignored or denied. There's someone watching us. Whether an artist wants to admit that or not.” PeopleArtistSongRealizingDecisionResponsibilityListeningMarriedExcitingIgnoredLife Decision Author:Kelly Price
“I get upset when people knock hip-hop, because I can absolutely see the musicality in it. These days, when I'm listening to records by hip-hop artists, I hear the production. It's just astounding how great the productions have become.” PeopleArtistListeningUpset Author:Elton John
“I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for like, "Oh, I'm gonna kill them in the first week." But as people slowly discover the album they realize it's better than a lot of what they've been listening to all year.” PeopleArtistRealizingWeekListening Author:Talib Kweli
“Target is one of the best at really listening to the artist and understanding what they are about.” ArtistUnderstandingListeningTarget Author:Christina Aguilera
“Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. … It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see.” PeopleWorldKindHas BeensArtArtistVoiceBornAudienceTalentListeningAppreciateWitnessPrivilegedGreat ArtSpectatorsGallerySopranos Author:Ann Patchett