“Well, I didn't really grow up playing or listening to metal, like many of the kids I went to school with. I only got into it in my late teens, so when Marilyn Manson formed, it was at a time when I was still excited about approaching music from that angle.” WellsStillsKidsSchoolGrowsGrowing UpListeningLateExcitedMetalsTeensAngleManson Author:Scott Putesky
“I started writing little short stories and poems as soon as I learned to read and write. I think I was six years old. And then when I got to be eleven, twelve, and into my teens, I was just listening to records all the time, and I got a guitar. I started to take guitar lessons when I was twelve.” ThinkingWritingYearsLittlesStoriesRecordsListeningLessonsSixGuitarShort StoryTwelveTeensElevenJust ListenSix Year Olds Author:Lucinda Williams
“I started listening to classical music when I was in my early teens. Prior to that, I listened to pop records or band records.” RecordsListeningBandPopsTeensClassical Music Author:Stephen Sondheim
“I used to listen to music from the frosting down. As a word nerd, lyrics are really important to me, and then the melody. Playing in the Rock*A*Teens was the first time I ever heard music from the bottom up. I was hearing songs I'd heard a million times on oldies radio, and I'd be like, "Wow, listen to what the bass is doing!" When I was first singing in bands, I'd just get out there with my machete, wildly whacking away at the foliage. But you learn how to listen. When I feel I'm doing it right, it's 90% listening and 10% output. It's not "look what I can do!"” FeelsFirstsLooksI CanImportantUsedSongCan DoMillionsHeardRocksListeningBandSingingFirst TimeBottomRadioHearingMelodyWowTeensNerdListening To MusicBassOutputFoliageMachetesOldies Author:Kelly Hogan
“Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.” ThinkingHelpingLiteratureListeningBlessingBoredomConcentrationTeensTeenageListening To MusicHomeworkConcentratingTeenage Life Author:Marilyn vos Savant