I only write when listening to the music.

I listen to music all the time. I write while listening to music. And I tell myself that the music nourishes the art forms…

— Jonathan Lethem

Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time?

— Hilton Als

I grew up listening to all music, not just country.

— Mickie James

The reason that I'm considered to be prolific is just because I'm a good listener. It literally is me taking dictation when I write.…

— Doreen Virtue

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than…

— Gayl Jones

I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's…

— Rachel Kushner

I know that my fans will probably learn a lot about me by listening to my music, if they really listen to the lyrics.

— Ariana Grande

I love listening to music and I can't walk without headphones in my ears. I listen to it while eating, walking, in the loo…

— Cherry Forever

“There's no better place to find yourself that sitting by a waterfall and listening to it's music”

— Roland R Kemler

“To attempt to describe how music pervades and flavors a life feels a little like an invasion of privacy, even if the privacy is…

— Geoffrey O'Brien

Writers and musicians know well the importance of extensive reading for successful writing or extensive listening for musical composition. Likewise, visual artists... understand that…

— Paul Laseau

I never wanted to be called a fan, and that's no disrespect to any artist who calls them fans, but I never wanted a…

— Mod Sun

I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

That weird moment when your listening to music and you hear a noise . You take out your earphones and find everybody starring at…

— Jarin

If I'm sitting at home playing video games, and I've got a couple of minutes to myself before bed, I'm listening to music and…

— Aaron Judge