“Reading is a very different thing than performing. In fact, one of the things I think that doesn't work in books on tape is if the person doing the reading "acts" too much; it becomes irritating to you listening to it.” IfsThinkingPersonsBookDifferentFactsReadingToo MuchListeningPerformingDifferent ThingsTapeIrritating Author:Salman Rushdie
“Listening to the type of music I grew up with, like King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti and experiencing different things and conditions and hardship, as well as the good times in Nigeria, has definitely carved me into who I am.” WellsDifferentConditionsListeningGrewTypeKingsGrew UpWho I AmGood TimesDifferent ThingsHardshipSunnyNigeria Author:Nneka
“Listening to the birds tells you different things about a place. I heard bird sounds I'd never heard before. I heard street sounds and country sounds and city sounds that are very different from what it is I'm used to and I get very fascinated about how that marks a place.” DifferentCountryUsedSoundCitiesHeardStreetsListeningBirdMarkDifferent ThingsFascinated Author:Matana Roberts
“I was really selfish, and I didn't want to listen to anyone. Then I started working with some really amazing people, traveling more, and figuring out who I was as a person - looking at different things, listening to different music.” PeopleWantPersonsDifferentListeningSelfishDifferent ThingsReally AmazingAmazing PeopleDifferent Music Author:Charli XCX
“I kind of grew up a guitar nerd and I tried to figure out how to shred on an acoustic guitar as a kid, while listening to jazz or whatever. So that is kind of a different thing and my church background, growing up with worship kind of the ground that I learned how to play music from. Those are all odd ways of growing up, compared to most people, so I think the music has plenty of uniqueness in that.” PeopleThinkingWayKindDifferentPlayKidsChurchGrowing UpGrowingFiguresListeningGrewWorshipGrew UpJazzGuitarBackgroundsPlentyOddDifferent ThingsUniquenessNerdAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Michael Gungor
“Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.” PeopleIfsDifferentWarWisdomListeningClaimsInstinctIntuitionDifferent ThingsExpensesInstinct Intuition Book:THE ABOLITION OF MAN Source: THE ABOLITION OF MAN
“I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the stuff that I was listening to, the things that I was hearing, it was all about Black music, about soul music.” ThinkingDifferentSoulStuffBlackGrowing UpGrowingListeningHearingDifferent ThingsCarolinaNorth CarolinaSynthesisMusic SoulAmerican MusicBlack Music Author:James Taylor