“Making music, being creative in some primal way, should be fun. Listening to it or playing it can and should take you out of yourself for some brief blissful moments.” WayShouldMomentsFunCreativeListeningMusic IsBe CreativePrimal Author:Simon Price
“I was thinking a little bit about this very thing - poetry and music - the other day when I was listening to Lucinda Williams. The way she sings is very emotive, and there is a kind of drag to her articulation: she sings behind the beat, sort of like she's being pulled along by the song a little, or is in resistance to it.” ThinkingWayKindLittlesSongBitsBehindsListeningLittle BitBeatsResistanceDragArticulationPoetry And Music Author:Matthew Zapruder
“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
“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
“Staying healthy is about really listening to your mind and body. They will both let you know when you're doing things the right way for you. And when you're not. You just need to be honest with yourself and listen to what they're saying.” KnowsWayNeedsMindBodyHonestListeningHealthyBeing HonestStayingRight WayMind And BodyHonest With YourselfBe Honest With Yourself Author:Adam Rodriguez
“I would never get into the music industry per se, but listening to music really helps me to concentrate. It's just a nice way for me to vibe and chill. There's music for when you're sad or happy or in love; there's music for every moment in life.” WayMomentsHelpingNiceListeningIndustryHelp MeChillListening To MusicMusic Industry Author:Haley Pullos
“I valued the experience of making the recordings, and I value the performances contained therein, and I value so much of what they can represent. I also think they're a terrific listening experience. Putting them out this way was a way of trying to maintain and nurture the relationship with the audience and also shine a light on the recent past, because we are so apt to be forgetful as human beings that there was such a thing as a recent past. These are some of the reasons for making this record.” ThinkingWayTryingHumansReasonLightPastValuesHuman BeingsAudienceRecordsListeningPerformancesShiningNurtureTerrificForgetfulRecent Past Author:Will Oldham
“I think that is so interesting. It is le Carré. There must be so much of him when he was younger. He's an interesting character. I don't want to say the word "passive" because there is something very active about the way he is passive, if that makes any sense: the nature of his watching and his listening is active. It is always so alive because he is, essentially, a spy.” IfsThinkingWayWantCharacterInterestingAliveListeningActivePassiveSpyInteresting Characters Author:Tom Hiddleston
“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
“I kind of grew up a guitar nerd and I tried to figure out how to shred on an acoustic guitar as a kid, while listening to jazz or whatever. So that is kind of a different thing and my church background, growing up with worship kind of the ground that I learned how to play music from. Those are all odd ways of growing up, compared to most people, so I think the music has plenty of uniqueness in that.” PeopleThinkingWayKindDifferentPlayKidsChurchGrowing UpGrowingFiguresListeningGrewWorshipGrew UpJazzGuitarBackgroundsPlentyOddDifferent ThingsUniquenessNerdAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Michael Gungor
“I actually do see rock and roll as pop music. I think the distinction I was making was that I was going out of my way to have a very consistent approach to production, where nothing kind of punctures the reality - or, I guess, the fake reality - of the album and what you're listening to from beginning to end.” ThinkingWayKindEndsRealityRocksListeningApproachAlbumsProductionsPopsMy WayFakeDistinctionConsistentGoing OutRock And RollPop MusicPuncture Author:Dan Bejar
“Listening to albums and records is not the best way to percept Verka Serduchka. Live shows are the place where you can feel that specific atmosphere, that is not going to be the same ever.” WayFeelsShowsRecordsListeningAlbumsBest WayAtmosphere Author:Verka Serduchka
“You wind up listening to one song that you really like 30 times on YouTube and then you're done with it. That's the way it is.” WayDoneSongWindListeningYoutube Author:Kevin Shields
“I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs that sound that way - the emphasis being on the storytelling, but the arrangements and the orchestrations can be really varied - I found that to be, actually, a really joyful discovery.” WayWritingSongFoundSoundListeningGrewGrew UpDiscoveryTheaterMusicalStorytellingJoyfulArrangementsEmphasisMusical TheaterOrchestration Author:Sara Bareilles
“When you're listening to music, you listen to it with a friend one day and it sounds one way. You listen to it with another friend the next day, and it sounds a little different. Sometimes the greatest pleasure of listening is not the music that you're listening to; it's the person that you're listening to it with.” WayLittlesPersonsDifferentSometimesNextSoundPleasureListeningOne DayOne WayNext DayListening To MusicGreatest Pleasures Author:Eyvind Kang
“If somebody told me, "Not a good idea," I would've said, "No, it's probably a good idea if you get drunk with me." I would've flipped it around on them. There was no way you could tell me anything. I wasn't listening to any type of reason.” IfsWaySaidIdeasReasonListeningTypeDrunkGood IdeasFlipped Author:Reginald Arvizu
“People are going to be way more patient listening to what I have to say now. I don't have five seconds to get their attention, I have five minutes. That's a huge window.” PeopleWayAttentionFiveMinutesHugeListeningWindowPatientSecondsFive Minutes Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“There's just an incredibly rich and interesting relationship between our listening to music and the way our minds engage.” WayMindInterestingRichListeningListening To Music Author:Tod Machover
“By the way, for those who are listening, I absolutely define - I have a face for radio. Unfortunately, I've got a voice for print. So I apologize for the sandpaper you're listening to.” WayFacesVoiceListeningRadioPrintApologizingI ApologizeSandpaper Author:Frank Luntz
“Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life, people do it differently in different cultures because they have different interpretations, that's how it should be. The disciples had arguments with Jesus! It is about listening to one another, and respecting one another with those differences.” PeopleWayShouldMeanDoeDifferentChristianCultureJesusDifferencesListeningArgumentChristian LifeOne WayInterpretationDiscipleDifferent CulturesDifferent Interpretations Author:Alan Green
“I choose to not ignore or push away emotional pain. Instead, I allow it to move through me. Sometimes, that's quietly working on a puzzle and listening to an all-strings Pandora station, and others, it's being vulnerable with a trusted friend. Either way, I let it have its place.” WaySometimesPainMovingEmotionalListeningVulnerableStringsStationsTrustedPuzzlesEmotional PainPandoraTrusted Friends Author:Jennifer Widerstrom
“I hear something I like, and sometimes, I think it's gonna work, and I will cut it up, try it out, try to work with other material. Sometimes, it falls flat, and other times, it works out, so in that way, I'm constantly listening to music because I enjoy it.” ThinkingWayTryingSometimesFallEnjoyCuttingMaterialsListeningMusic IsWork OutFlatsListening To Music Author:Girl Talk
“Here are a few ways to face a habit and say "no" to it: Go outside your fixed routine; turn off the computer and the television; find a new outlet for your down time; talk to someone who holds a viewpoint contrary to yours and pay respectful attention, really listening.” WayFacesTurnsPayAttentionTelevisionListeningHabitComputerContraryFixedRoutineOutletsRespectfulViewpointsTurn OffDown Time Author:Deepak Chopra
“You know, I had a new kind of thought on Black Lives Matter and the All Lives Matter thing. And the best way to explain it is if we're all sitting around at a table having dinner, and everybody gets pie except for you and you say, my pie matters, I don't have pie, and everybody at the table looks at you and says, I know, all pie matters, it shows that the people at the table aren't really listening.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLooksKindMatterShowsBlackListeningSittingTablesDinnerBest WayPieBlack Lives MatterSitting AroundBlack Lives Author:Glenn Beck
“The biggest possible thing that we're trying to do is change the conversation about what it means to be a working artist today, and hopefully, as the generation of performers that is training and listening to our show at the same time comes up, and becomes a working generation of performers listening to our show-hopefully that's going to change some of the ways they're looking at the hierarchy of theatre and start to blur those lines a bit more.” WayTryingMeanShowsTodayArtistBitsLinesGenerationsListeningConversationTrainingCome UpTheatreHopefullyPerformersHierarchyBlur Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“Because I'm a musician aspiring to write good stuff and put on good shows, I'm hyperaware of what they're doing and what they're putting out. But listening now in a less critical way, I'm appreciating and admiring it even more.” WayWritingShowsStuffListeningMusicianAppreciateCriticalAdmiring Author:Sarah Harmer
“[Dancing] was just a nice way of expressing myself, listening to music, and being able to move around and be free, but also really learning something. It was just a nice balance of training and expressing yourself at the same time.” WayAbleMovingNiceListeningBalanceTrainingDancingListening To MusicExpress Yourself Author:Jillian Hervey
“I try to influence this improvisation in two ways. One is by centering on reflections, in both senses of the word: acoustic reflections as well as visual reflections from a mirror or surface, and then reflecting on the material in a contemplative way. The other influence is listening to the tails of the sounds that you make.” WayTryingWellsTwoSoundInfluenceMaterialsListeningReflectionMirrorsSurfaceSensesVisualsTailsReflectingTwo WaysImprovisationAcousticsContemplativeCentering Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I'm currently very impressed with the level of understanding and of interest in listening that I experience wherever I go. That motivates me to dig deeper into what I've been doing all of this time, to find new ways and also to get over the thought that it's not happening.” WayUnderstandingInterestLevelsListeningHappeningsDeeperNew WaysImpressedGet OverDig Deep Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does. Having tried this for several months, however, I can report from the trenches that, for me, immersive listening is as intellectually challenging, stimulating, and rewarding as immersive reading.” PeopleWayDoeI CanReadingLiteratureChallengesListeningMonthsReportsLiteracyTrenches Author:Tom Peters
“Those are the ladies sitting in church. And in the same way that they might feel a joy and release on Sunday, they are still going to work on Monday. And that's who I was listening to during this process. And if at the end of my presidency they feel like I did a pretty good job, then I'll feel pretty good.” IfsWayFeelsStillsEndsMightJobsJoyProcessChurchListeningSittingReleaseSundayPresidencyMondayGood JobGoing To Work Author:Barack Obama
“Instilling values of faith at an early age is important. Listening them through adolescence comes more important than teaching because if you haven't instilled in them at early ages now it's time to listen and get your report card and let them find their way and then as an adult let them stand aside.” IfsWayImportantAgeValuesTeachingHavensListeningAdultsCardsReportsAdolescenceReport Cards Author:T. D. Jakes
“[Buckminster Fuller] was quite willing to talk. He'd talk at the drop of a hat.I learned to talk in front of people by listening to the way he did things. Because he would give lessons in how to lecture. He would say, "Never take a note, just stand up and start babbling. And then eventually you're going to be able to make some coherent statements, and so it's like you're vamping. And then people will gradually start to listen to you when this spot of logic shows up in this torrent of verbiage.” PeopleWayGivingShowsAbleFrontsWillingLike YouListeningLessonsLogicNotesStatementsSpotsHatsLecturesBabblingBuckminster Fuller Author:Paul Laffoley
“We have to have loving speech. And if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. Then we practice compassionate listening, and we can learn so much about our own perception and their perception. Only after that can we help remove wrong perception. That is the best way, the only way, to remove terrorism.” IfsWayHeartHelpingPracticeHonestListeningSpeechPerceptionTerrorismTerroristBest WayRemoveCompassionate Author:Nhat Hanh
“My feeling about young people who want to pursue a career is - the first thing is do your homework on where it all started. Go back and look at history. Look at why the shows you are loving today happened and the artists you are listening to happened. And do your homework on history. Whether it's musical movies, musical plays, Broadway musical recordings - do your homework! And then, that way you will have an understanding of why, now, certain movies, certain plays, certain musicals are making some sort of sense.” PeopleWayWantFirstsLooksPlayShowsFeelingsTodayYoungArtistCertainUnderstandingCareersHappenedListeningMusicalPursueBroadwayHomeworkBroadway MusicalWhy Now Author:Lorna Luft
“If you visit a temple, you can see pictures of God, you can see the Deity form of the Lord, and you can just hear Him by listening to yourself and others say the mantra. It's just a way of realizing that all the senses can be applied toward perceiving God, and it makes it that much more appealing, seeing the pictures, hearing the mantra, smelling the incense, flowers, and so on.” IfsWayFormRealizingLordSeeingFlowerListeningHearingSensesTemplesDeitiesMantrasIncense Author:George Harrison
“I would say recently I've gotten back to perusing [Samuel] Beckett's novels. Listening to the way Donald Trump speaks without saying anything has made me think about language.” ThinkingWayMadeSpeakLanguageNovelListeningTrumpBeckett Author:David Duchovny
“I think the podcast is a way to keep working out, essentially. You can keep being creative on your own schedule, without having to book a gig. It's been a great way to connect to people, especially realizing there is an audience listening. They generally gravitate to my sensibility. I love it.” PeopleThinkingWayBookRealizingAudienceCreativeListeningWork OutSensibilitySchedulesBe CreativeGigs Author:Paul F. Tompkins
“Hearing your voice and your instrument kind of breathe in the room, it affects the way you perform the songs. For instance, if you have that reverb, you can give the songs a little more space. You can play them a little slower or you can play less of the guitar part and just let it open up, which I really love. It's so nice to play a listening room, because the audience feels a certain way too.” IfsWayGivingFeelsKindLittlesPlayCertainSongVoiceSpaceRoomsAudienceNiceListeningInstrumentsGuitarHearingBreatheInstanceHearing Your Voice Author:Denison Witmer
“Graphic novels might really speak to one child who's struggling with the other kinds of reading and might help them discover that storytelling is joyful and personal and illuminating. They might find your way in auditorily by listening to audio books in the car instead of playing Game Boys or watching DVDs.” WayKindChildrenBookHelpingMightReadingGamesSpeakBoysNovelStruggleCarListeningStorytellingJoyfulGraphicDvdsPlaying GamesIlluminatingGraphic NovelsAudioAudio Books Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“It might be helping to explore a story visually by going to see a museum exhibit that's relevant to something that somebody's reading, or going to see a show or listening to a piece of music or cooking a meal that's in one of the stories, something practical, something kinesthetic that draws the reader in and helps them to experience the story for themselves. Those are all ways I think we can kind of come in the back door and help kids find the joy, as opposed to the chore or responsibility, of reading.” ThinkingWayKindHelpingStoriesShowsMightKidsJoyReadingResponsibilityPiecesDoorsListeningReaderDrawsCookingPracticalsMealsMuseumsRelevantExhibitsChoresBack Doors Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“I am being very humble about the Arab Spring. There's kind of a competition out there, you might have noticed, of who can be the first to say the Arab Spring is going to fail. Everyone says, "I told you so, I told you so about the Muslim Brotherhood." I have no desire to tell anyone anything. I don't know. I'm just listening, watching. It may turn out all these people are right, they may be wrong. They may be right this year and wrong next year, by the way. I'm just trying to listen day to day, figure it out.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingYearsFirstsKindMayMightDesireTurnsNextFailingFiguresListeningSpringCompetitionHumbleBrotherhoodDay To DayNext YearJust ListenArab SpringMuslim BrotherhoodTold You So Author:Thomas Friedman
“You know if you're in Rome, live in the Roman way. I grew up there, I was born there, and so I should follow its guidelines, live like a Korean. And I really love Korea. I grew up listening to Korean music, and was able to get to where I am because of it.” IfsKnowsWayShouldAbleBornListeningGrewGrew UpRomeKoreaKoreanGuidelines Author:G-Dragon
“I never worry 'cause people always try to categorize me. "Oh, that's reggaeton." "Oh, he's a Latin rapper." "Oh, he's crunk." "Oh, he's a Southern rapper," or, "He's a club rapper." As long as they're listening to the music and they're talkin' about it, one way or the other, that means I'm doing something right.” PeopleWayTryingMeanLongCausesWorryListeningClubsOne WayLatinSouthernRapper Author:Pitbull
“Punishing people for listening to music is exactly the wrong way to protect the music business.” PeopleWayListeningProtectMusic IsListening To MusicMusic BusinessWrong Way Author:Moby
“Way back in the day, when I first started and had delusions of adequacy as a cartoonist, I would listen to music. When I switched to a career as a writer, I would try to listen to music, but if the songs had lyrics they would get in the way of the words I was trying to write. So I switched to listening to purely instrumental pieces.” IfsWayWritingTryingFirstsSongCareersPiecesListeningDelusionListening To MusicCartoonistBack In The DayAdequacy Author:Alan Moore
“Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and 'Austin Powers' was every bit of British culture that my father, who passed away in 1991, had forced me to watch and taught me to love.” WorldWayCultureFatherBitsWatchesGrowing UpGrowingTaughtListeningHeavyBritishMetalsSuburbsWaynePassed AwayTorontoHeavy MetalAustinBritish Culture Author:Mike Myers
“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.” WayInspirationalLongUnderstandingSimpleAttentionListeningEmpathyPay AttentionConcentrationLong Way Author:Keanu Reeves
“Why does the lizard stick his tongue out? The lizard sticks its tongue out because that's the way its listening and looking and tasting its environment. It's its means of appreciating what's in front of it.” WayMeanDoeEnvironmentFrontsListeningAppreciateSticksTongueTastingLizards Author:William Shatner
“If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.” IfsKnowsWayI CanThreeProcessMy OwnListeningJudgmentEmptyPrejudiceCome UpHearingInterviewsExhausted Author:Anna Deavere Smith