“The subject matter covered in Carmina stays pretty basic: love, lust, the pleasures of drinking and the heightened moods evoked by springtime. These primitive and persistently relevant themes are nicely camouflaged by the Latin and old German texts, so the listener can actually feign ignorance while listening to virtually X-rated lyrics. (Veni Veni Venias! Come, come come now!)The music itself toggles between huge forces and a single voice, juxtaposing majesty and intimacy with ease.” MatterForceVoicePleasureSubjectsIgnoranceHugeListeningDrinkingMoodLustIntimacyEaseThemeLatinCoveredRelevantPrimitiveListenersMajestySpringtimeSubject MatterLove LustX Rated Author:Carl Orff
“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
“Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.” FirstsValuesSongPleasureExpressionListeningMusic IsPersonal Expression Author:Charles Duhigg
“You can make lots of mistakes, but if you give children avenues for creativity and joy, they will have resources to carry them through. For example, if cooking together, reading, listening to music, coloring, participating in sports, or taking a walk in the woods are paired with pleasure and closeness, throughout life doing these things will kindle old feelings of happiness an/or comfort.” IfsGivingChildrenFeelingsTogetherJoyReadingSportsWalksPleasureMistakeCreativityExampleListeningComfortResourcesCookingWoodsListening To MusicAvenuesParticipatingClosenessKindlesWalk In The WoodsOld Feelings Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“I had the pleasure of listening to Rickie Lee Jones' Flying Cowboys album on audio cassette, which had just come out at that time because I am an elderly man.” MenPleasureListeningAlbumsFlyingCowboyElderlyAudioCassettes Author:John Hodgman
“I rarely listen to the music for the sheer pleasure. I'm listening for the tool, I'm listening for the instrument, I'm listening for the art.” ArtPleasureListeningToolsInstrumentsSheer Author:Lauryn Hill
“Often, I think you find that you're enjoying certain things, you've got this new way of listening, and you find that you really enjoy the way that sounds on it and the way this other thing sounds on it and the way that other thing sounds on it. So, you're finding a new pleasure that you didn't know about before.” ThinkingKnowsWayCertainEnjoySoundPleasureListeningFindingsNew Ways Author:Brian Eno
“I'm always hearing music in terms of what I can take out of it, and I think I've always listened like that. I have a hard time just listening for pleasure. I'm much less about instinct, and more of a utilitarian listener.” ThinkingI CanHardTermPleasureListeningInstinctHearingHard TimesListenersJust ListenUtilitarianHearing Music Author:Sufjan Stevens