Quotessence
Home / Topics / Listening Quotes

Listening Quotes

Browse 4050 quotes about Listening.

Related topics

PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantSongListening To MusicTalkingTryingFeelsSoundWorldWritingVoicePersonsKindMenGivingFirstsSilenceNeedsYearsHeartWellsImportantGrewMeanEarsGrew UpStoriesMindI CanHearingReadingSaidStillsRadioRecordsJust ListenMusicSometimesDifferentPlayUnderstandingLittlesShouldSpeakKidsHeardIdeasMusic IsArtEmpathyMomentsFeelingsListenersLongMadeStuffWholeBookChildrenRealAttentionMayHelpingAudienceEnjoyAbleConversationEyeHas BeensInspirationalQuietBelieveCommunicationBigsRememberSittingHumansMightNightWantedLooksSchoolJazzLifeListening To OthersMusicianSoulTwoWaitingPrayerRocksSingingAsksHardReasonDoemore

Listening Quotes

“If you go to Japan, they're still buying vinyl, and they want the education. They know who's playing on what tracks from the '60s and the '70s - who the guitar player is, who the drummer is, who the producer was, what studio it was recorded in. That's how I grew up listening to music. We bought albums. We read the liner notes. It was important to know the whole history behind it.”

IfsKnowsWantStillsImportantWholeBehindsPlayerListeningGrewGrew UpNotesGuitarTrackAlbumsStudiosProducersBuyingJapanListening To MusicDrummerGuitar PlayerVinyl
Author:Lenny Kravitz
Create image

“I don't remember things initially when listening to music. Like, I don't remember where I first heard a song, I don't have nostalgic attachment to a song in that it reminds me of such and such a time or place. I think I probably did experience that somewhat when I was not a full-time, professional musician, but I don't think music works that way for people who are in it constantly.”

PeopleThinkingWayFirstsRememberSongHeardListeningMusicianAttachmentListening To MusicNostalgic
Author:Stephin Merritt
Create image

“I love listening to music with my mate. We don't do it often, but when we do we'll just sit there and lose our heads in it. Sooner or later he'll start saying something to the effect of "Hey, Thom, can you put in something else now?" but I'll just nod coldly and respond "not just yet". But after awhile, I'll finally budge. And that's when I crack a big smile and take out The Bends and put in Kid A. My friend just sighs and leaves the room, and I can't blame him. He's not ready for that leap yet.”

I CanBigsKidsLosesRoomsEffectsReadyListeningMy FriendsBlameHeyCracksLeapMatesSooner Or LaterSighListening To MusicNot Ready
Author:Thom Yorke
Create image

“Of what use is the universe? What is the practical application of a million galaxies? Yet just because it has no use, it has a use - which may sound like a paradox, but is not. What, for instance, is the use of playing music? If you play to make money, to outdo some other artist, to be a person of culture, or to improve your mind, you are not really playing - for your mind is not on the music. You don't swing. When you come to think of it, playing or listening to music is a pure luxury, an addiction, a waste of valuable time and money for nothing more than making elaborate patterns of sound.”

IfsThinkingMindMayPersonsPlayUseArtistCultureUniverseSoundMillionsListeningPureWasteMusic IsAddictionPatternsValuablePracticalsInstanceLuxuryMaking MoneyParadoxApplicationSwingsGalaxyListening To MusicPlaying MusicTime And MoneyValuable Time
Author:Alan Watts
Create image

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

ThinkingWisdomMotivationalSoundSilenceMusicExpressionListeningQuietMusicianMusic IsMusicalPhilosopherHearingNoiseComposerSilence IsDeep ThoughtListening To MusicClassical MusicJazz MusicMusic LovePlaying MusicGreat MusicComposingExpressiveJazz MusicianI Love MusicInspirational MusicPower Of MusicArt And MusicArt MusicFunny MusicMusic LifeWorld MusicGreat MusicianMusic And LifeFamous MusicianMusic Is LifeMusic EducationSound And MusicMusic Is My LifeComposing MusicMusical LifeJazz And LifePoetry And MusicWords And MusicMusic And LoveHearing MusicMusic And HealingGreatest MusicMusic HealingSounds Of SilenceSpiritual MusicFun MusicFavorite MusicGreatest MusicianMusician LoveCool MusicCreative MusicAcoustic MusicToday's Music
Author:Aldous Huxley
Create image

“As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.”

PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingTermStyleListeningEasierGuitarTechniqueDevelopingEvolveSongwritersListening To Music
Author:Ian Anderson
Create image

“Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too distracting. If I'm listening to something I really love - I have to stop and give everything over to it. I'm listening to its structures, its melodic lines, the bass. It takes up too much of my head - in a good way.”

IfsWayGivingWritingI CanSometimesChoicesLinesToo MuchListeningStructureCoffeeListening To MusicBassGood Way
Author:Paul Lisicky
Create image

“I used to listen to music from the frosting down. As a word nerd, lyrics are really important to me, and then the melody. Playing in the Rock*A*Teens was the first time I ever heard music from the bottom up. I was hearing songs I'd heard a million times on oldies radio, and I'd be like, "Wow, listen to what the bass is doing!" When I was first singing in bands, I'd just get out there with my machete, wildly whacking away at the foliage. But you learn how to listen. When I feel I'm doing it right, it's 90% listening and 10% output. It's not "look what I can do!"”

FeelsFirstsLooksI CanImportantUsedSongCan DoMillionsHeardRocksListeningBandSingingFirst TimeBottomRadioHearingMelodyWowTeensNerdListening To MusicBassOutputFoliageMachetesOldies
Author:Kelly Hogan
Create image

“I can't work out and *not* be watching or listening to music or something. I also journal a lot. I think writing is super therapeutic. And then, hanging with my nieces and nephews. Just like baking or doing silly stuff like jumping on a trampoline, doing fun things with them, pretending I'm five with them, that makes my day.”

ThinkingWritingI CanFunStuffFiveListeningWork OutSillyPretendingJournalJumpingListening To MusicBakingTherapeuticNephewNieceFun ThingsMy NieceTrampolinesNiece And NephewSilly Stuff
Author:Khloe Kardashian
Create image

“We think of music as this substance that flows - you turn on the tap, and there it is, streaming off your computer - but that's not how we evolved as a species. We evolved to listen to each other, and the reason we're able to listen to music in the terms is talking about is because we're really good at listening to each other. But this kind of technology has allowed us to forget that music is the sound of each other.”

ThinkingKindReasonTermForgetTechnologyListeningComputerMusic IsListening To MusicStreaming
Author:Vijay Iyer
Create image