“If you ever want to get a sense of your own personal failure, look at yourself trying to get across a point that nobody is listening to and the situation gets worse and worse.” IfsWantTryingLooksSituationListeningLook At YourselfPersonal Failure Author:Robert Reich
“Listening to learn isn't about giving advice--at least not until asked--but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter's growing and changing self.” GivingFeelsTryingLooksMeanSelfFeelingsMotherSituationGrowingAdviceParticularListeningDaughterAdolescenceThoughts And FeelingsGiving AdviceConspiring Author:Elizabeth Debold
“I think people like listening to what I call trippy music but maybe next year it will be something else. I still have gangster tracks and real-life stories and situations in my music. I’ve been blessed because over 20 year, I never stopped doing what I was doing. It’s pretty much the same thing and I’ve never really changed anything up.” PeopleThinkingYearsStillsRealStoriesNextSituationChangedListeningBlessedTrackReal LifeNext YearGangstersLife StoryTrippy Author:Juicy J
“For the future, be true to yourself. If you're gonna be influenced by someone be influenced by them. Don't cop them so much that you're a clone. No one wants to deal with a clone. There's not that much more substance in being a clone, but definitely be influenced by people...take what you can from that and sculpt it into your own situation. In doing so, you'll be happy and I think your people will be happy listening to what you do.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantDealsSituationListeningBeing TrueSubstanceCopBe True To YourselfTrue To Yourself Author:Ali Shaheed Muhammad
“When you are influential and highly respected, people tend to tell you what you want to hear, not what you need to hear. They are seeking your approval, or they flatter you. Unfortunately, this creates a gap between what you hear and reality. If you find yourself in that situation, you will need to work extra hard to get the people close to you to speak honestly into your life. And you will have to become highly intentional in observing and listening.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsHardRealitySpeakSituationListeningSeekingWhat You WantHonestlyExtrasFinding YourselfGapsApprovalObservingInfluential Author:John C. Maxwell
“A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.” GivingHumansLittlesTwoValuesSituationAdviceListeningCircumstancesRealizationRelateI've LearnedThreateningHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsInquiring Author:Andy Rooney
“One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.” SituationListeningBandMusicianPicksInstinctMiles Author:Branford Marsalis
“It was part of a financial situation. I could only afford records in thrift stores. Then you could find wonderful things, but now everything is a collectible. I like the recycling idea --using the stuff that people don't want anymore, and make new music out of it. There was an element of looking back and listening to your parents' records and doing something with that stuff. Sort of acknowledging the past while rejecting it at the same time.” PeopleWantIdeasPastStuffParentSituationRecordsWonderfulListeningElementsFinancialStoresLooking BackWonderful ThingsRejectingRecyclingThriftNew MusicCollectibles Author:Christian Marclay
“I think people are listening to our message of securing the homeland first, keeping the American people safe and improving our economic situation. I think those things are being received well, and we're moving forward here.” PeopleThinkingFirstsWellsMovingSituationEconomicListeningSafeMessagesMoving ForwardImprovingHomeland Author:Chris Christie
“The base skill is listening: how I'm listening to the material, how I'm listening to the space. With electronic sound, it's a similar situation of how to produce it and place it so that it works in a space. The first consideration is adopting the space and having work that resonates in the space.” FirstsSoundSpaceSituationProduceMaterialsListeningSkillsConsiderationAdopting Author:Pauline Oliveros
“When I was working with Talking Heads what would happen typically is that they would go out and start playing a track, and I would always run the tape. I always record everything, even a run through where you're trying to get in tune. That's a principle because sometimes when the situation isn't clear interesting things happen, and they are worth listening to again.” TryingSometimesRunningInterestingSituationListeningTrackThings Happen Author:Brian Eno
“I don't get my bliss by listening over and over to people in the street thinking, "Boy, is it that good?" Even though every time I hear it that's what I think. But I get it in human situations. There is this little voice that is going, "The reason you're able to enjoy your life now is that you made it in rock'n'roll and people are giving you free visas all over the place. Dude, you are being spoiled".” PeopleThinkingGivingReasonEnjoySituationBoysListeningBlissSpoiledVisa Author:Iggy Pop
“I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus.” ThinkingSituationHonestyListeningAccountsSafetyIdiotBuzzEdgy Author:Sarah Silverman