Listening Quotes · Page 36

Music is everything that one listens to with the intention of listening to music.

— Luciano Berio

If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.

— Roger McGuinn

“You know best who you really are by watching what you do rather than listening to what you say.”

— Ronald A. Heifetz

I'm listening to scripts and would like to play characters that'd strike a chord with the masses.

— Jaya Prada

I would give anything for a female's hand on me tonight. they soften a man and then leave him listening to the…

— Charles Bukowski

A bore finds it easy to start talking, and even easier to get others to stop listening.

— Evan Esar

Even though I was a rock 'n' roll fan, hearing the raw blues was like listening to music on a much deeper…

— Rory Gallagher

Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.

— William Watson Purkey

I haven't heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe I'm listening at the wrong times. But…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

You pass a poem to the audience through the words as embodied literally by the rest of your human form. And the…

— Michael Rosen

Listening to music, I always have exactly the same feeling: something’s missing. Never will I learn the cause of this gentle sadness,…

— Robert Walser

I was always interested in listening to music - and, of course, when my older brother brought home 'Heartbreak Hotel,' that was…

— Lindsey Buckingham

Her eyes were distant, and she seemed to be listening to that voice that first told her the story, a mother, sister,…

— Shannon Hale

The music video, Lil Nas X, he asked me to be in the 'Panini' music video. It was crazy. I was just…

— Skai Jackson

Do you know what investing for the long run but listening to market news everyday is like? It's like a man walking…

— Alan Abelson

I'm one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old…

— Hilary Mantel

'In empathic listening you listen with your ears, but you also, and more importantly, listen with you eyes and with your heart.…

— Stephen Covey

I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because…

— Herbert von Karajan

Silence 'is so lacking in this world which is often too noisy, which is not favorable to recollection and listening to the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I just always wanted a platform. In the past, I always dreamed of having a following and a fan base - you…

— G-Eazy

I've gotten a little superstitious about listening to music when I write. Once a story is going somewhere, I keep listening to…

— Kelly Link

Too many people feel stuck in the middle - not wealthy by any measure, but doing just well enough that the social…

— Roy Cooper

How are we going to know what sounds are important before we've even heard those sounds? It's an absurd question. The only…

— Gordon Hempton

That's really one thing I really care about as a person is trying to make the people's lives around me better. Whether…

— Trevor Bauer

Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.

— Danger Mouse

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

— Roland R Kemler

If you see a shy person, ask them some questions like, 'Why are you so shy? Tell everyone, we're all listening.

— Amy Sedaris

Give as much as you can, but don't allow yourself to be used. Listen to others closely, but don't lose your own…

— Anonymous

“Careful listening is more important than making sounds happen.”

— Alvin Lucier

“Being a great conversationalist is about two things: creating intrigue and interest, and creating emotional connection.”

— Matthew Hussey

I'm always just referencing whatever I'm listening to or wherever I am musically.

— Bonobo

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the…

— Kelsey Grammer

Before you echo 'Amen' in your home or place of worship, think and remember...a child is listening.

— Mary Griffith

I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It's just got something magical…

— Martin Gore

Listening is not a displacement for leadership. You have to have leadership.

— Angelo Sotira

If you think communication is all talking, you haven't been listening.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

I would say that to listen is to become aware. To become truly informed. You will discover whatever you do.

— Gordon Hempton

If you play the game and you think about coaching, you should know it's about listening to people and learning.

— Warren Gatland

Listening to Nat Cole prompted me to sing sentimental songs with distinct diction.

— Chuck Berry