“It seems that the ancient Medicine Men understood that listening to another's story somehow gives us the strength of example to carry on, as well as showing us aspects of ourselves we can't easily see. For listening to the stories of others - not to their precautions or personal commandments - is a kind of water that breaks the fever of our isolation. If we listen closely enough, we are soothed into remembering our common name.” IfsMenGivingWellsKindEnoughStoriesSeemsRememberNamesWaterCommonBreakExampleListeningUnderstoodAspectMedicineAncientIsolationCommandmentsFeverPrecaution Author:Mark Nepo
“You must hold on to the sort of finger-painting aspect of music. That's something I learned, particularly from listening to Neil Young. Tom Waits is another one, because Tom's music is incredibly sophisticated and beautifully arranged, but he's using a toolbox that's unlike anybody else's.” YoungWaitingPaintingListeningMusic IsAspectFingersTomsSophisticatedToolbox Author:Elvis Costello
“For me, listening to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky in particular, there's an emotional aspect - very different kinds of emotional aspects from those two composers, nonetheless, very strong emotional aspects from both of those composers.” KindTwoDifferentStrongEmotionalParticularListeningAspectComposerVery StrongDifferent KindsTchaikovskyStrong Emotional Author:Crispin Glover
“I think the artwork is very important because it gives people a visualization of my music. I wanted to create a whole visual aspect, so that the people listening to me can get a better understanding of my universe and integrate it fully into their own worlds.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingImportantWholeWantedUniverseUnderstandingListeningAspectVisualsIntegratingVisualizationArtwork Author:Shook
“When you're listening to a recording, you're supposedly listening to some aspect of the past in the present as you travel slowly into the future, but you also know there's a very strong likelihood that the future of that recording, whether you made it or whether you're listening to a Led Zeppelin record, is going to continue probably far beyond where you are.” KnowsMadePastStrongRecordsListeningAspectMade ItWhere You AreVery StrongLikelihoodZeppelins Author:Will Oldham
“I guess what attracted me about the philosophy aspect was that it was realistic. It didn't go off into the realm of imagination land, which I find a lot of religious teachings, actually almost every religious teaching does. I keep meaning to write this up as a blog post, but lately, while driving in my car I've been listening to a religious station that comes on out of Cleveland from the Moody Bible Institute.” WritingDoePhilosophyImaginationReligiousTeachingLandCarListeningAspectDrivingPostsRealmsStationsRealisticBlogsInstituteClevelandMoody Author:Brad Warner