“I'm really curious how the private listening - iPods, people listening on their phones - how that might eventual effect music. There'll be a whole genre of music that really works on a kind of one to one headphone or earbud level but doesn't really work when you play it in a room.” PeopleKindPlayWholeMightLevelsRoomsEffectsListeningPhonesCuriousGenreIpodsHeadphonesGenres Of Music Author:David Byrne
“Recreational talking is, along with private singing, one of our saddest recent losses. Like singing, talking has become a job for trained professionals, who are paid considerable sums of money to do it on television and radio while we sit silently listening or, if we're truly lonely and determined, call the station and sit holding the phone waiting for a chance to contribute our two cents' worth.” IfsTwoJobsWaitingChanceLossTalkingTelevisionListeningSingingLonelyPaidPhonesRadioDeterminedStationsCentsSaddestTwo CentsTelevision And Radio Author:Barbara Holland
“When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That's not what this program is about. ... What the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers, and durations of calls; they are not looking at people's names and they're not looking at content. ... If the intelligence committee actually wants to listen to a phone call they have to go back to a federal judge, just like they would in a criminal investigation.” PeopleIfsWantNamesCommunityNumbersJudgingListeningProgramPhonesCriminalsInvestigationCommitteesTelephonesPhone CallsNsaDurationPhone NumbersIntelligence CommunityFederal JudgesCriminal Investigation Author:Barack Obama
“Nowadays, it is possible to perform various forms of Low-Impact listening via the telephone. The advent of technological advances such as computer games and online services (like ones that let you check stocks) have enabled Low-Impact listeners to endure family phone calls much longer than in the past. Dangers include mouse clicks, heavy typing, or a sudden loud buzzer that goes off when you have finished Boggle.” PastFormGamesDangerListeningComputerLowsImpactEndurePhonesVariousHeavyFinishedChecksLoudOnlineListenersTechnologicalMiceTelephonesClicksPhone CallsAdventTypingComputer GamesBuzzers Author:Sandra Tsing Loh
“For me, personally, Im usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting.” ShowsFilmListeningPhonesRadio Author:Yara
“I'll always be fascinated with radio. Radio allows you to have a one-to-one relationship with the person sharing the music with you. You can also do very many things if you're listening to the radio, things you can't so if you're watching TV or watching a phone.” IfsPersonsTvsListeningPhonesRadioFascinatedWatching Tv Author:David Rodigan
“We've all had the experience of you pick up a book, you can't get into it, you can't concentrate.Then one day you pick up the same book and you don't hear the phone ring. You're totally absorbed. Same thing I have to do every day. When you get into that special place of unconsciousness - you get it listening to great music or seeing a great movie - it just takes you out of yourself, out of this whole world. There's no feeling quite like it.” WorldBookWholeFeelingsSeeingSpecialListeningOne DayPicksPhonesRingsWhole WorldGreat MusicSpecial PlacesUnconsciousness Author:T.C. Boyle
“If you were watching CNN, they were saying the NSA is listening to your phone calls. It's reading your emails. When you call your grandma in Arkansas, the NSA knows. All total bulls - t. They made the public more concerned about the privacy issue than the legitimate facts should have done.” IfsKnowsShouldMadeDoneFactsReadingIssuesListeningConcernedShould HavePhonesPrivacyEmailBullsGrandmaPhone CallsNsaCnnArkansas Author:Michael Morell
“I mean, you can't have sex until you're married if you're Mormon. The first time I had sex, my parents found out. They were listening in on the phone while I was talking about sex to my girlfriend. They freaked out, man. They both cornered me in my bedroom.” IfsMenFirstsMeanFoundSexParentTalkingListeningMarriedFirst TimePhonesGirlfriendBedroomMy GirlfriendCornered Author:Bert McCracken
“In fact, now for whatever reason, if we're recording in the same room, I get a little distracted because I'm watching the actor instead of listening to the actor. The way we do it now, they're on the phone, and we're sitting here with scripts in front of us taking notes seriously and marking takes and doing some adlibs. I can really focus on the words and not the surroundings.” IfsWayLittlesI CanReasonFactsActorsRoomsFocusFrontsListeningSittingNotesScriptsPhonesSurroundingsDistracted Author:Adam Reed
“When I'm listening to stuff on the computer or through a horrible little speaker on my phone, and then I hear the real version with the bass and everything, I sometimes don't like it as much. I definitely believe that any medium is viable in that respect.” BelieveLittlesRealSometimesStuffListeningComputerPhonesHorribleVersionsMediumsSpeakersBass Author:Kevin Shields
“I think anything you listen to is going to be different. You're going to listen to a song differently if you're just sitting around somewhere listening on your phone as opposed to sitting in a dark room listening to a vinyl album. It's going to be a totally different experience.” IfsThinkingDifferentSongDarkRoomsListeningSittingPhonesAlbumsSitting AroundVinylDark RoomDifferent Experiences Author:Brendon Urie
“My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends.” Has BeensHomeReadingWishTalkingListeningBasketballIncrediblesPhonesFortunateListening To MusicFree TimeTalking On The Phone Author:Steve Nash