“Well, English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various forms of the English accent. Obviously there are more specific ones that get a little bit tricky. Same with American stuff. But because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's just second nature.” WellsLittlesWholeProblemFormCultureStuffBitsCan DoTelevisionListeningLittle BitVariousAustraliaAccentsNo ProblemAmerican CultureTrickyWhole Family Author:Guy Pearce
“I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.” PeopleFirstsLittlesPersonsMadeStillsCountryBitsRocksBrotherListeningGrewLittle BitGrew UpMovedMusicalGenreRock N RollConfusingChuckBerriesHybridEverly Brothers Author:Teddy Thompson
“I could always see myself being a teacher. I remember sitting in class as a kid, listening to the teacher and thinking, you know, I'm pretty sure I could explain that a little bit better.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesKidsRememberBitsClassTeacherListeningLittle BitSittingBeing A Teacher Author:Rick Riordan
“I do find that if I go out for a meal I can be listening to a few conversations at once all around me. It can drive my partner bonkers a little bit. But it's about being able to tell a lot of very different stories as well as you can and I do genuinely love what I do.” IfsWellsLittlesI CanDifferentStoriesAbleBitsListeningConversationLittle BitPartnersMeals Author:Christine Bottomley
“I remember when my father was dying, I remember listening to Bjork, and listening to John Coltrane, and these things, and I don't know why but music has the power to transcend your physical being and take you up just a little bit.” KnowsLittlesRememberFatherBitsDyingListeningLittle BitRemember WhenColtrane Author:Wayne Coyne
“Mostly by [listening to] Green Day. I listened to music a little bit before I had heard of them, but after I'd heard of them, I knew music was my calling. I listened to it all day, and I loved it so much that I wanted to be a part of it, so I worked on being in a band from there.” LittlesWantedBitsHeardListeningCallingBandLittle BitGreen Author:Agent M
“I was thinking a little bit about this very thing - poetry and music - the other day when I was listening to Lucinda Williams. The way she sings is very emotive, and there is a kind of drag to her articulation: she sings behind the beat, sort of like she's being pulled along by the song a little, or is in resistance to it.” ThinkingWayKindLittlesSongBitsBehindsListeningLittle BitBeatsResistanceDragArticulationPoetry And Music Author:Matthew Zapruder
“As far as people communicating with each other well I think that listening is important. You know really trying to read between the lines of what some body is saying and trying to read their mind a little bit where there at because most people don't really say what they're feeling. Which is the bones of great literature.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMindWellsLittlesImportantFeelingsBodyLiteratureBitsLinesListeningLittle BitCommunicateBonesBetween The LinesGreat LiteratureRead Between The Lines Author:Joy Behar
“As cheesy as it sounds, I feel like I do write a lot, not necessarily for a message to be taken away. I feel like it is a little bit egotistical to be like, "I hope they are a better person after listening to my song."” FeelsWritingLittlesPersonsSongBitsSoundTakenListeningLittle BitMessagesBetter PersonCheesyEgotistical Author:Thomston