“I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.” WayWritingTryingUseShowsCertainSongGivenDifferencesResponsibilityTalkingFansListeningRadioMaking A DifferenceWriting Songs Author:Randy Owen
“At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening.” WorldCertainWaitingSeaReadyListeningMountainEmptyWoods Book:Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters Source: Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
“The songwriting style, to me, is superior. There was a certain amount of joy in it, no matter how sad the song is. You get joy in listening to these Buddy Holly or Roy Orbison sad lyrics. I'm attracted to songs that have balance between the darks and the lights and giving them all equal opportunity.” GivingMatterLightJoyCertainSongOpportunityStyleListeningAmountBalanceEqualSuperiorsSongwritingBuddyEqual OpportunityHolliesWriting Style Author:M. Ward
“I'm not attached to a certain scene. There was certain music - and techno was a part of it - that really formulated something for me, that really was a direct connection to what I experienced in my life. Going to parties and listening to techno at home helped form my musical identity. And that changed throughout my life.” HomeFormCertainPartyIdentityChangedListeningSceneDirectConnectionsMusicalTechno Author:Pantha du Prince
“I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers.... You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles.” ThinkingWayMovingCertainGoalVisionHugeKeysListeningDegreesAdversityInstinctFollowingObstaclesCompromiseGutsEtcKey To SuccessKeep MovingStrength Through AdversityNaysayers Author:Millard Drexler
“There are certain songs that I like to listen to at certain times of the day. For example, first thing in the morning I love listening to "Flamenco Sketches" off of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.” FirstsKindCertainSongMorningExampleListeningBlueMilesFlamencoKind Of Blue Author:Jon Foreman
“The most important thing for the conductor is that he or she listens. Her listening will make things sound a certain way. If the conductor listens well, the musicians listen each other better. The conductor can in effect impose a certain kind of listening for everybody.” IfsWayWellsKindImportantCertainSoundEffectsListeningMusicianImportant ThingsConductor Author:Laurence Equilbey
“Being honest, if I had a daughter I wouldn't want her listening to a Nicki Minaj CD until she was a certain age. Even when I meet my fans and they tell me they are 12, I cringe a little. I always say, 'Listen. I don't want you saying the bad words, put school first.'” IfsWantFirstsLittlesAgeSchoolCertainFansHonestListeningDaughterBeing HonestCdsCringeBad Word Author:Nicki Minaj
“I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingSeemsCertainStuffRealizingResultsChangedListeningActivityElementsEarsSettlingCompositionSeemingFiltersBeing Free Author:Peter Gabriel
“It's too bad music can't be like movies. For me, playing music and listening to music and creating music is very environmental. It creates a certain environment; it sets a specific mood.” CertainEnvironmentListeningCreatingMusic IsEnvironmentalMoodListening To MusicPlaying MusicBad MusicCreating Music Author:Avey Tare
“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
“I still do mostly listen to CDs. I think that every format really is a different way of listening. If you take a different sort of psychological stance to it - like, I think the transition from vinyl to CD definitely marked a difference in the way people treated music. The vinyl commands a certain kind of reverence because it's a big object and quite fragile so you handle it rather carefully, and it's expensive so you pay attention to how it's looked after.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayKindStillsDifferentBigsCertainDifferencesPayAttentionObjectsListeningHandleTreatedCommandPsychologicalPay AttentionDifferent WaysExpensiveTransitionFragileReverenceCdsFormatStanceVinyl Author:Brian Eno
“Often, I think you find that you're enjoying certain things, you've got this new way of listening, and you find that you really enjoy the way that sounds on it and the way this other thing sounds on it and the way that other thing sounds on it. So, you're finding a new pleasure that you didn't know about before.” ThinkingKnowsWayCertainEnjoySoundPleasureListeningFindingsNew Ways Author:Brian Eno
“What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.” IfsWantGivingMeanUseCertainSongGrowsVoiceEmotionListeningSingingInstrumentsCelebrateLive Every Day Author:Andrea Bocelli
“I don't have an agenda. I don't have things I want to get to or something. I have like a broad, slim grasp of certain periods and certain shows within that period, an awareness of them, but they demand re-listening. I have a flimsy grasp of all the eras and ideas within each period of what would be a good show to think of.” ThinkingWantIdeasShowsWould BeCertainAwarenessListeningPeriodsDemandErasAgendasBroadsSlim Author:Dick Latvala
“I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. Sexy plays. [For musicians] there are so many that it's hard just to say one. Certain things, like the first time you hear A Love Supreme, you're floored. It takes whatever you were listening to and blows a hole in it.” FirstsHardPlayKidsCertainListeningMusicianFirst TimeBlowSexySupremeHolesTennessee Author:Annie E. Clark
“Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At a certain point, a piece becomes idiosyncratic and you start to understand it on its own terms.” KnowsFirstsCertainTermPiecesListeningModelsFirst Time Author:Paul Lansky
“I remember watching Romeo + Juliet when I was 14 and listening to the soundtrack. When I hear that soundtrack now, all those emotions come back. It's really beautiful when you're at a certain point in your life where most of the adventure lies ahead of you. And it's a sad thing when you feel like you've lost that. But you can get it back.” FeelsBeautifulRememberLyingCertainLostEmotionAdventureLike YouListeningJulietSoundtracksReally BeautifulSad ThingsRomeo Juliet Author:Lykke Li
“There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen only to ourselves while we are carrying on a conversation with others as it is to talk to ourselves while we are alone.” SelfCertainListeningConversationFollySpeakersDisagreeableAbsorptionCarrying OnSelf Absorption Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“Imagine Eminem writing a play with complex raps and syllables, and melodies flowing in and out. That's what it was like for me listening to Lin-Manuel Miranda, it was incredible. So it just goes to show that if you put your teaching style in a certain form, that will attract the attention of the people you are trying to teach.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingPlayShowsFormCertainAttentionTeachImagineTeachingStyleListeningComplexesIncrediblesRapMelodySyllablesMiranda Author:Ryan Montgomery
“I never had a magazine, I never listened to a certain band. Actually, I was listening to bands from the '60s and '70s with my dad, so I knew more about The Beatles than I did about what was topical in my life.” CertainListeningDadBandMy DadMagazines Author:Luke Evans
“I think Allah (swt) has given me the ni'ma of this voice, for which I use for Allah (swt) and his Prophet (pbuh) to read nasheeds. That is a certain kind of music, which is pleasing in the eyes of Allah (swt) and His Prophet (pbuh). And if people can start listening to it, I think that is a great service to the ummah. Keeping that in mind, that now has become a priority.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindKindUseEyeCertainGivenVoiceListeningPrioritiesProphetGreat ServiceAllah Swt Author:Junaid Jamshed
“I was listening to Tommy Chong talking about how he feels like there is like a creative flow happening and how certain people just know how to hook into the pipe. He played music with Jimi Hendrix and felt that he was personally connected to some higher intelligence or creativity.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCertainFeltTalkingCreativityKnow HowCreativeListeningHigherHappeningsFlowConnectedHookPipeHendrix Author:Judd Apatow
“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
“Hearing your voice and your instrument kind of breathe in the room, it affects the way you perform the songs. For instance, if you have that reverb, you can give the songs a little more space. You can play them a little slower or you can play less of the guitar part and just let it open up, which I really love. It's so nice to play a listening room, because the audience feels a certain way too.” IfsWayGivingFeelsKindLittlesPlayCertainSongVoiceSpaceRoomsAudienceNiceListeningInstrumentsGuitarHearingBreatheInstanceHearing Your Voice Author:Denison Witmer