“Being receptive, being able to listen openly and well, is a crucial skill for creative problem-solving.” WellsProblemAbleCreativeListeningSkillsCrucialProblem SolvingReceptiveCreative Problem Solving Author:Paul A. Kaufman
“Listening to music as preparation or background for your work brings you into a creative mood... choose one type of music to calm down, another to reach a higher energy level, depending on the artwork you are doing.” EnergyLevelsMusicCreativeListeningTypeHigherCalmMoodBackgroundsPreparationListening To MusicArtworkCalm DownEnergy Levels Book:The New Creative Artist Source: The New Creative Artist
“Making music, being creative in some primal way, should be fun. Listening to it or playing it can and should take you out of yourself for some brief blissful moments.” WayShouldMomentsFunCreativeListeningMusic IsBe CreativePrimal Author:Simon Price
“I think that the creative process, especially in the beginning of making an album, I'm feeling very fragile, so to speak, because you are trying out so many different ideas, and if you are listening to it from the outside, it would sound horrible!” IfsThinkingTryingIdeasDifferentFeelingsSpeakProcessSoundCreativeListeningAlbumsHorribleFragileCreative ProcessDifferent Ideas Author:Trentemøller
“If there's anything I have learned, it's to sort of be sensitive to what - to how much - to how creative the act of listening is and to how powerful the act of listening is.” IfsPowerfulCreativeListeningSensitiveI Have Learned Author:DJ /rupture
“I'm a grown-up and I'm a creative person so I should try to give something to that and see what I can make with that. And not sit around listening to people be like, 'You really should be on an HBO show. You'd be great on an Amazon series.' You're like, 'Thank you, okay. I don't have any offers.'” PeopleGivingShouldTryingPersonsI CanShowsCreativeLike YouListeningOffersOkaySeriesAmazonCreative PersonHbo Author:Parker Posey
“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
“I think the podcast is a way to keep working out, essentially. You can keep being creative on your own schedule, without having to book a gig. It's been a great way to connect to people, especially realizing there is an audience listening. They generally gravitate to my sensibility. I love it.” PeopleThinkingWayBookRealizingAudienceCreativeListeningWork OutSensibilitySchedulesBe CreativeGigs Author:Paul F. Tompkins
“When I need inspiration, I usually go into a creative "slump" and become a total sloth. I watch a lot of movies, read a lot, go see shows, and go for walks. I don't really touch my instruments because it's like I'm collecting data. I love film. I love reading. Those two mediums are often more inspiring than listening to an awesome record. Seeing what somebody else is doing in another field, it's like, "Wow! That's amazing! I want to be amazing at what I'm doing!"” InspirationFilmReadingCreativeListeningSlothLove Of ReadingLove Films Author:Haley Bonar
“It doesn't matter if it's jazz or not. It's about how we listen, how we interact, how we guide our attention when we're listening, and how we can refine what we're doing musically. Also how we can create our own music, and what opportunities that can bring us, as creative musicians. And then insisting that musicians put themselves through an intellectually rigorous process, which involves a lot of reading and writing, while insisting that music scholars think about ethics.” ThinkingWritingReadingOpportunityAttentionCreativeListeningMusicianEthicsJazzScholarReading And Writing Author:Vijay Iyer
“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” InspirationalMovingForceFriendshipMusicCreativeStrangeListeningEmpathyMy FriendsHearingCoachingReal FriendsStrange ThingsJust ListenMagneticGood ListenerOne FriendListening And HearingMagnetic ForceHearing Things Author:Karl A. Menninger