“Reading is a very different thing than performing. In fact, one of the things I think that doesn't work in books on tape is if the person doing the reading "acts" too much; it becomes irritating to you listening to it.” IfsThinkingPersonsBookDifferentFactsReadingToo MuchListeningPerformingDifferent ThingsTapeIrritating Author:Salman Rushdie
“I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly or quickly. In other words, you do not know how long you will have to spend deliberating over a sentence. ... But if I listen to a tape recorder, the listening time is determined by the speed at which the tape turns and not by my own needs.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingLongMightTurnsMy OwnKnow HowListeningDeterminedSentencesSpeedEnormousTapeRecordersSpeaking And Writing Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“Listening to your tape, I was reminded of this poem. It has the central question: Is it harder to count on someone or to know that you're being the one counted upon? Anyway, there's this part that goes: if equal affection cannot be, then let the more loving one be me. Have you ever read that one? It's one of my favorites.” IfsKnowsListeningEqualHarderAffectionTape Author:Janeane Garofalo
“From a very early age, I started to get really interested in how songs were put to tape. Not just listening to the songs, but the way the songs were recorded.” WayAgeSongListeningTapeGet RealJust Listen Author:M. Ward
“I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would throw them out, or crush the CDs and tapes - literally.” IfsFoundListeningGrewGrew UpPopsRapCrushTapeCdsFranklinWalkersKirk Author:Rahki
“Digital might capture the dynamics of what I heard before it went to tape a bit more accurately, but on the other hand, when we'd switch from listening to the digital version to the analog, the change was so profound - the music would suddenly go three-dimensional, and it felt much more engaging.” HandsMightThreeFeltBitsHeardListeningProfoundVersionsDigitalCaptureTapeEngagingDynamicsAnalog Author:Kevin Shields
“I just had such a blast coming up with this corporate dweeb [in the Sex Tape], a sort of nerd who was also doing coke and listening to death metal and was obsessed with Walt Disney art. I just felt it was a type of guy you hadn't really seen before, and I was so happy with how it came out.” ArtGuySexFeltListeningTypeCorporateObsessedMetalsTapeNerdBlastCokeWaltType Of GuyDeath Metal Author:Rob Lowe
“I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.” WholeDreamSongRecordsListeningTapeRecorders Author:Lenny Kravitz