“I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that.” YearsTurnsFallCarListeningRadioReactionsTurn-onAllergicAllergic Reactions Author:Aimee Mann
“I sometimes get in the car [and] jump all around hunting for a sample, and then I can get really annoying if anyone's in the car with me. But if I'm actually listening to music, I have a pretty solid attention span.” IfsI CanSometimesAttentionCarListeningAnnoyingHuntingListening To MusicGet RealSampleAttention Span Author:Girl Talk
“I listen to KCRW in the car and Pandora radio, which I stream through the stereo from my iPhone. I've been listening to everything from Caribou to Conway Twitty. If I'm going on a longer car ride, I'll download some podcasts.” IfsCarListeningRadioStreamsIphoneDownloadsPandora Author:Sam Trammell
“I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up.” ThinkingParentGrowing UpGrowingCarListeningEssentialsMusic IsSittingListening To Music Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.” WorldWayMindFirstsMeanWholeBodyFacesMotherSongSoundVisionDoorsHeardAchieveRocksTalentCarChangedListeningShotsFirst TimePopsIntellectYour BodySingersWhole WorldBrokeLimitationRock N RollBobNew WaysDylanSnaresPop Song Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Glenn and I were listening to a radio show in the car, and he said, "Glass Eye Pix should do radio plays." I loved the idea of working in a different medium. We've made comics, books, movies, video games, models, advent calendars, why wouldn't we try audio plays?” ShouldTryingMadeSaidBookIdeasDifferentPlayShowsEyeGamesCarListeningModelsGlassesRadioVideoMediumsCalendarsAdventAudioRadio Plays Author:Larry Fessenden
“Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.” KnowsLooksSchoolUsedCarListeningRapLook UpLegendsDedicationCarterWayneDroughtMixtapes Author:Big Sean
“The other day my twelve-year-old says to me, I don't feel like I'm with you right now. You're in the car with me, you're checking your e-mail, you're not listening to me, I don't feel like I'm with you. And I say, You know what? That was your mother's gripe, too. And she was right. And you're also correct. When you cop to something, you get to the next level. In this case, the next level is: I just learned something from my twelve-year-old.” KnowsFeelsYearsMotherNextLevelsCasesCarListeningRight NowMailTwelveCopNext Level Author:Bob Saget
“To me 30 isn't old. But it's definitely the beginning of no longer young. Because you notice little subtle things happen to you. You'll be in your car driving around listening to the radio and hear stuff like, That's was an oldie from The Clash.” LittlesHappensYoungStuffCarListeningRadioDrivingThings HappenSubtleClashCar Driving Author:Dana Gould
“When you're walking down the street or in the car just listening to the radio, and you're, like , 'Oh, that's my song.' You want to say, 'Hey Mom!' That never changes.” WantSongStreetsCarListeningMomWalkingRadioHeyNever ChangeJust Listen Author:Afrojack
“Last year, on a long car trip, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shout. I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. I listen to NPR: "World to end-poor and minorities hardest hit." I like to argue with the radio.” WorldYearsLongEndsLastsPoorCarListeningAgreeRadioArguingHardestMinoritiesLast YearNprHardest Hit Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“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
“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
“I graduated high school in 1989, and there was no alternative rock radio, and there wasn't really good college radio you could get on a car stereo. Once you get a car at that age, you're spending all the time you can away from home, sometimes just driving around aimlessly. Listening, or not even listening, but subconsciously soaking up this classic rock barrage.” SometimesHomeAgeSchoolRocksCarCollegeListeningHigh SchoolRadioSpendingDrivingAlternativesClassicAway From HomeSoakingClassic RockGood CollegeAlternative Rock Author:Craig Finn
“Everyday though, I'm just looking for like- I always ask people, What are you listening to? What sounds are good to you? Alot of people are in their car, in the club or on the internet looking and I just don't do any of that. Usually if I'm out and about it's because I have something to do, because I'm like a really big home body. If I'm at home, im watching Nickelodeon cartoons so sometimes I'm out of the loop with the cool music, but for sure I'm predicting that J.Cole is going to be good.” PeopleIfsSometimesHomeBodyBigsAsksSoundCarListeningInternetEverydayClubsBe GoodCartoonLoopsPredictingNickelodeonCool Music Author:Jhene Aiko
“Hip-hop to me right now is really easy listening. It's very easy listening, like there's nothing abrasive about it. There's no album that I put in my car that makes me roll down the windows - all the windows - and ride past the club line three times before I get out the car.” PastThreeEasyLinesCarListeningRight NowWindowHip HopAlbumsClubsHipsHopsThree Times Author:Pusha T
“You're in the car, you're talking to somebody, the radio's on, music's playing, you're not really listening to it; you're aware of it; that's passive.” TalkingCarListeningRadioPassive Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Graphic novels might really speak to one child who's struggling with the other kinds of reading and might help them discover that storytelling is joyful and personal and illuminating. They might find your way in auditorily by listening to audio books in the car instead of playing Game Boys or watching DVDs.” WayKindChildrenBookHelpingMightReadingGamesSpeakBoysNovelStruggleCarListeningStorytellingJoyfulGraphicDvdsPlaying GamesIlluminatingGraphic NovelsAudioAudio Books Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“I like to get away from noise, although I will play noisy music in my car to keep myself awake. But my ears need a rest sometimes. I do enjoy listening to classical music.” SometimesEnjoyCarListeningAwakeGet AwayClassical Music Author:Chuck Panozzo
“For me, promotional thing about some new album coming out destroys a lot of the excitement of making records. Records, movies, books - they're not supposed to be like math books. The purpose of them is to kind of take us out of ourselves and give us some sort of alternate experience or respite. To try to maximize the relationship of listening to a record through promotion is like experiencing driving a car by reading about stimulus programs. It kind of defeats the purpose.” GivingTryingKindBookPurposeReadingCarListeningProgramDefeatMathDrivingExcitementPromotion Author:Will Oldham
“When I write, it's intimate. I write in the car, and I don't even hear, like, ambulances driving past me because I'm in my car, listening to the music, writing. I record in an attic with no booth. It's not like I'm in the dark with candles, but it's like a house, a home, and I record like that. I think that plays into the music.” ThinkingWritingHomePastHouseDarkCarListeningDrivingIntimateCandle Author:Lupe Fiasco
“I hate the technological rip-offs that pass for music formats these days, and go back to vinyl to hear a good record because the sound is always so much fuller. I don't even like listening to music in the car.” HateSoundRecordsCarListeningI HateThese DaysTechnologicalListening To MusicRipFormatVinylGood Records Author:John Lydon
“I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.” ShowsCarListeningGrewGrew UpTunesShow Tunes Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“You know, radio DJ's must really love to talk to theirselves. Especially when they have the graveyard shift. 'Hey this is Ellen with 89.1. It is currently three in the morning. There are few cars on the road. And it your still listening heres a little music to get you to dance.” KnowsLittlesStillsThreeMorningCarListeningRadioHeyGraveyardDjs Author:Ellen DeGeneres