“So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.” IfsWaitingListeningSittingExcitingSitting And Waiting Author:George Gamow
“I have realised how exciting and easy it is to be a time traveller by looking at paintings and films and architecture and playing music or listening to it. I don't think you necessarily have to live in the present all the time.” ThinkingFilmEasyPaintingListeningExcitingArchitectureTime TravelRealisedLive In The PresentTravellerPlaying Music Author:Jools Holland
“The competitiveness, playing in front of 18-19,000 people every single night, people asking for my autograph, getting recognized, being able to do something like this with Sega and being on the front of a box, and being involved in video games, and listening to movies where they reference my name like in Swingers. All these things they make life so exciting, you don't know what to expect next.” PeopleKnowsAbleNightNextGamesNamesFrontsListeningInvolvedExcitingAskingBoxesVideoAutographsCompetitiveness Author:Jeremy Roenick
“I came to what I think of as the critical problem: the aging process of a piece of music. I noticed in the '70s that pieces I wrote would sound great the first time I listened to them and then on repeated hearings they sounded older and older until what seemed exciting and vibrant on first listening became stale.” ThinkingFirstsProblemProcessSoundPiecesListeningFirst TimeExcitingAgingHearingCriticalStaleAging Process Author:Paul Lansky
“The stuff that I've been doing lately is political. It's not always about people who are super famous movie stars. The fact that people are still taking a chance and listening to the blacklist episodes is really exciting.” PeopleStillsFactsPoliticalStarsStuffChanceListeningExcitingEpisodesMovie Star Author:Karina Longworth
“As long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a teacher, but a turning point for me was attending HBS as an MBA student. What I experienced was the power of the case method - that is, how much students can learn, not by listening to lectures, but by engaging in an intense discussion. This can be an exciting way to learn and a powerful one, because it really gets all the synapses to connect.” LongRememberPowerfulTeacherStudentsListeningExcitingIntenseDiscussion Author:Joseph Badaracco
“You'd hope that no writing about music could supersede the music itself. But I do think that blogs mirror the way that we are listening. It comes at you fast and it's timely and then five minutes later we're on to something else. It caters to our desire for instant gratification. And I think blogs also have fluidity that's exciting. You have a lot of real enthusiastic music fans for the most part that are writing sometimes for a large audience, and I think certain blogs have a little too much power over what someone likes or doesn't like.” ThinkingWritingRealSometimesDesireAudienceListeningExcitingInstantEnthusiasticGratificationInstant Gratification Author:Carrie Brownstein
“As an artist it's exciting to know that you've made someone's life decision after them listening to your song. To get married or un-married, when you realize that people are listening it brings a feel of responsibility that can't be ignored or denied. There's someone watching us. Whether an artist wants to admit that or not.” PeopleArtistSongRealizingDecisionResponsibilityListeningMarriedExcitingIgnoredLife Decision Author:Kelly Price
“That's one of the most exciting things for me about listening to records: It's a moment in time, and the less it's messed with the more powerful it is. I wanted at least one song on the record to be just completely about the moment.” MomentsSongPowerfulListeningExciting Author:Zooey Deschanel