“Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.” PeopleKnowsTryingToo MuchListeningGrewGrew UpRootsPunkEmphasis Author:Will Oldham
“There was not too much to do as a kid when we arrived in Germany. Playing basketball and listening to music gave me something to do.” KidsToo MuchListeningBasketballGermanyListening To MusicPlaying Basketball Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Woman's work as a listener is never done. ... I thought I'd spent too much of my life listening for some damn man - for my father and now for my husband.” MenDoneFatherToo MuchListeningHusbandDamnMy HusbandListeners Author:Adela Rogers St. Johns
“President Karzai is an incredibly kind and decent man. I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he genuinely cares for his people. But I think he had too much of a tendency to want to rule by listening to all voices at all times.” PeopleThinkingMenWantKindCarePresidentVoicePleasureToo MuchListeningMeetingsTendenciesAll TimeDecentDecent Man Author:Khaled Hosseini
“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
“Sometimes I can listen to music - sometimes there's no choice, especially if I'm out writing at a coffee place. But sometimes it's too distracting. If I'm listening to something I really love - I have to stop and give everything over to it. I'm listening to its structures, its melodic lines, the bass. It takes up too much of my head - in a good way.” IfsWayGivingWritingI CanSometimesChoicesLinesToo MuchListeningStructureCoffeeListening To MusicBassGood Way Author:Paul Lisicky
“I only ever really follow the music, that's what I'm about, I don't think about it too much. I just wanted to make a piece to sleep through, to sort of explore that sleeping space as a listening space and to have a different encounters between our listening minds or hearing minds and music. I think that's really interesting. After that I feel I've done my job.” ThinkingFeelsMindDifferentDoneWantedJobsSleepSpaceInterestingToo MuchPiecesListeningHearingEncountersReally Interesting Author:Max Richter
“Don’t be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writing—and then putting your words away for weeks or months–and then returning to your work to polish it some more.” WritingValuesReadingToo MuchWeekListeningMonthsEnormousPolishReading And Writing Author:Sharon Creech