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“To sell is above all to master the art and science of listening.”

Art Masters Listening Sells Art And Science

Author:Tom Peters

“You're not listening to the Zen master, what he is saying outwardly, but even more importantly...what he is saying inwardly.”

Masters Listening Zen Master

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have ever undertaken, and I have a master's degree in art history.”

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Author:Sarah Vowell

“I listen to music all the time. I write while listening to music. And I tell myself that the music nourishes the art forms that I do master and domesticate, and have authority over.”

Writing Art Form Masters Listening Authority Listening To Music

Author:Jonathan Lethem

“When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.”

Play Trouble Masters Listening

Book:Music and Musicians: Essays and Criticisms

Source: Music and Musicians: Essays and Criticisms

“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.”

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Author:Jon Landau

“The learning curve on soaps is through the roof because it's a three-camera setup. There's a master and then there's two singles. And the great thing about soaps, and soap actors will tell you, is that when you get your line wrong, they don't re-shoot it. They just cut to the person listening.”

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Author:John C. McGinley

“At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man's example would be my life's work.”

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Book:Clapton: The Autobiography

Source: Clapton: The Autobiography