“Real-life discussions involve a great many bores and boors who have never learned that the art of conversation demands listening as well as talking.” WellsArtRealWomenTalkingListeningConversationDemandReal LifeDiscussionGreat MenBoresArt Of Conversation Author:Susan Jacoby
“I'm particularly keen on promoting this [Nikolai] Medtner piece, Night Wind, because I feel it is a fantastic work that hasn't been given its due yet. Admittedly, it's difficult for both the performer and the listener. The work is quite dense, comparatively long, as these things go, and demands rather active listening. But it's gripping, and I believe it should be heard much more than it has been.” FeelsShouldBelieveLongHas BeensNightGivenI BelieveDifficultPiecesHeardWindListeningDemandActiveDuesFantasticPerformersListenersPromotingDenseGripping Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“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
“Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness.” HandsSeemsSoundVoiceMaterialsMastersListeningDemandSingingTrackStormMelodyArrangementsReducingSamenessGlossSleight Of Hand Author:Jon Landau
“I have been accused of having believed when I wrote Sex and Temperament that there are no sex differences... This, many readers felt, was too much. It was too pretty. I must have found what I was looking for. But this misconception comes from a lack of understanding of what anthropology means, of the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder, that which one would not have been able to guess.” LooksHas BeensAbleScienceWonderRecordsAirListeningDemandOpennessAnthropologyOpen MindednessAstonishment Author:Margaret Mead