“Around the middle of last year I started listening to a lot of rap, like Nicki Minaj and Drake... They all sing about such opulence, stuff that just didn’t relate to me - or anyone that I knew. I began thinking, “How are we listening to this? It’s completely irrelevant.”” ThinkingYearsLastsStuffMiddleListeningRapRelateLast YearIrrelevantOpulence Author:Lorde
“The mall is good for hearing new music because you hear music everywhere. I like to walk around the mall and hear what the kids are listening to, or what's the feel of Middle America, cause that's what the mall is.” FeelsKidsAmericaCausesWalksMiddleListeningMusic IsHearingMallsNew MusicMiddle America Author:Ester Dean
“You ever wake up in the middle of the night because a couple of cats are clawing each other to death outside your window? That's what it's like listening to you speak.” NightSpeakMiddleListeningCoupleCatWindowWake UpMiddle Of The Night Book:I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell Source: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
“I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space.” NeedsBigsCultureStuffSpaceCitiesSilenceMiddleListeningGrewGrew UpHorseContemporaryGrassMexicoRidingBugsBig CitiesOpen SpacesNew MexicoBombardedMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Tom Ford
“I spend a lot of time just listening to the ospreys. I watch them go through their life cycle. They spend the winter in South America. The mother and father osprey stay together. It's a monogamous relationship. And every summer they raise a new brood of children. They came back to the nest in the middle of April. They take separate vacations in the winter - the mother and father.” ChildrenTogetherAmericaMotherFatherWatchesMiddleListeningSummerRaisesSouthWinterCyclesVacationAprilNestsJust ListenMother And FatherSouth AmericaMonogamous RelationshipOspreys Author:Alan Lightman
“Some people will follow their minds without listening to their hearts, and others will follow their hearts without listening to their minds. This is why reason exists, for there to be balance between the heart and mind. We were not meant to follow the mind and ignore the heart. Instead, we were meant to follow the heart over the mind, but without completely abandoning logic. The middle way is the preferred way, and this path simply means to allow your heart to drive you, but do not forget to balance reason with your conscience.” PeopleWayMindHeartMeanReasonForgetPathMiddleListeningBalanceConscienceLogicHeart And MindMiddle Way Author:Suzy Kassem
“In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.” PeopleWorldWantedCultureClassSawsMiddleStudentsCollegeListeningThirdsWesternMiddle ClassContrastProsperousInfluentialThird WorldWestern CultureCollege StudentsAmerican MovieMalaysia Book:Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America Source: Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America
“In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, seemed relevant to a middle-class kid growing up on the other side of the world. That has always fascinated me.” WorldFeelsMadeKidsSidesClassGrowing UpGrowingMiddleListeningRadioNoiseAliensMiddle ClassDriversRelevantFascinatedTruckMississippiKids Growing UpBombayTruck Driver Author:Salman Rushdie