Listening Quotes · Page 51

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

— Chuck Mangione

I'm always making micro-adjustments onstage, listening to the audience, and what a crowd is like can be infectious.

— Tom Green

When I first got into this league, I knew a lot. But I made myself better by listening and working hard.

— Charles Oakley

It's just common sense that everyone should be listening to J Hus.

— J Hus

Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won't even remember me.

— Ahmet Ertegun

I can't think of a better feeling than the first time you hear your song playing on the radio station you grew…

— Jimmie Allen

I think listening to the director is the number one strength an actor should have.

— Varun Dhawan

I don't purchase records. I do enjoy listening to things like Japanese folk music or Indian music.

— John Lennon

Grover Washington was my main influence, and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like…

— Kenny G

When you hear Portuguese, if you're listening fleetingly, it's as if you're hearing Russian, which never happens with Spanish. Because the Portuguese…

— Gregory Rabassa

I grew up with my older brother listening to hip hop, and Jay-Z was the main person I listened to. When it…

— Tinchy Stryder

I love listening to music in general before I compete. It's something that calms me down, and meditating and breathing before I…

— Laurie Hernandez

I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in…

— Erykah Badu

“It 'appens to be true. An' if'n yew want ter stay moi friend, yew'd best 'old yer turpitudinous twaddle of a tongue…

— Peter St. John

For me, the most fun times in this office are when we're listening to music. That's what you signed up for, not…

— Scooter Braun

I used to play the piano by listening to it - like Chopin pieces, when I was, like, a little kid -…

— Eliza Coupe

We have to have loving speech. And if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. Then we…

— Nhat Hanh

“Everything that happens to us, everything that we say or hear, everything that we see with our own eyes or we articulate…

— Javier Marías

Growing up from Nirvana to all the bands I was listening to at the teenage time, those were my best friends, more…

— Aaron Bruno

Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life.…

— Yanni

My grandpa didn't believe in hugging and kissing, or saying I love you. His love had to do with the way he…

— Bill Cosby

I find that when I get casual with my relationship with divinity and when it seems no divine ear is listening and…

— Spencer W. Kimball

I don't know where genre really comes from. I grew up with parents who were artists, and I was always interested in…

— Nils Frahm

I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling…

— Corey Taylor

If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.

— Morton Feldman

I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I…

— Sondre Lerche

I was 8 years old when I started listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company and Led Zeppelin.

— Johnny Colt

Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.

— Franklin P. Adams

When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person.

— George Carlin

I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons.

— Kendrick Lamar

“Every person is a living treasure box. Listening holds the key.”

— Mollie Marti

It was psychological trick called empathic listening. You say what the person is feeling so they feel understood.

— John Green

Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.

— Ryan White

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

— Brad Listi

I grew up playing in rock bands while I was listening to rap records. I like a lot of stuff.

— Ricky Reed

I remember sitting at home in West Texas listening to my 'Songs for a New World' CD over and over.

— Michael Arden

If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones

I was brought up on listening to 78 rpm records from crooners to opera singers to solo piano players.

— Denny Laine

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

— Imelda Marcos

“You'll learn far more by listening than you ever will by speaking.”

— David Estes