Music Listening Quotes

Classical music is for listening but rock and roll is to have fun with.

— Dave Clark

I fell in love with music by listening to R&B, & it's the core of who I am.

— Beyonce Knowles

Whether I'm being influenced by new music that I'm listening to, books I've read, my friends, or my faith, I'm learning all…

— Hayley Williams

When everyone was listening to pop music I was listening to Monty Python records.

— Richard Herring

If the music you are listening to does not relieve you, don't just listen...dance to it!

— Simon Quperlier

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

— Maynard James Keenan

A lot of the time I tend to overlook the music because I'm listening to how it's produced.

— Adam Beyer

To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you…

— Alan Watts

“Honestly, I don’t know if I have a favorite,” he emphasizes the word. “I like a lot of different music, and find…

— J. Saman

I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It…

— Rokia Traore

I listen to heavy metal thanks to my son. When I argue with him on the kind of music he is listening…

— Zeenat Aman

I always wanted to know what the music behind some music was, or where it came from, and that gave me a…

— Justin Adams

There's so many people doing interesting things with the Internet and technology, there could be so many ways of making music and…

— Kevin Parker

I feel I have to play a role in the transformation of my thoughts. Music is the most powerful way for me…

— Becky Stark

I try to take elements from all kinds of music. Even if I'm listening to anything off the wall, like Britney Spears,…

— Metro Boomin

Electronic technology has been a part of music making and music listening for a century. We always treat it like it's new,…

— Vijay Iyer

Along with a lot of other things, becoming a Bob Dylan fan made me a writer. I was never interested in figuring…

— Greil Marcus

When you're listening to music, you listen to it with a friend one day and it sounds one way. You listen to…

— Eyvind Kang

I realized a lot of my friends were going to nightclubs and listening to house music. I was hanging out with them…

— Hans-Peter Lindstrøm

When we talk about music, we tend to place our experiences into one of two categories: making the music and listening to…

— Hilary Hahn

“When they find out what I do for a living, many people tell me they love music listening, but their music lessons…

— Daniel J. Levitin

I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the…

— Mick Fleetwood

The only music I was listening to for ages was old soul. So I wasn't listening to a lot of new music…

— Florence Welch

Everyone's computer, mobile phone or music-listening device should have a folder in my name with 100 songs.

— D. Imman

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records…

— Will Oldham

I can't tell you how much more important watching 'Hellraiser' is to my music than listening to a Milton Babbitt piece or…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

So when I'm listening to music, I'm listening to a lot of hip-hop to be inspired and to hear new things.

— Ludwig Goransson

You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing…

— Keith Richards

My dad was always playing music. Not, like, playing music but listening to music.

— Post Malone

My mami and papi love my music. They're always listening to the radio waiting for one of my songs to come on.…

— Bad Bunny

I just play music by listening and responding, so I don't know anything about writing songs or arranging and all of this…

— Jaimoe

When I started making my own music I was listening to people like Erykah Badu and Elliott Smith. I think I always…

— Arlo Parks

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for…

— Brandon Boyd

We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The…

— Jeff Tweedy

I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there,…

— Dr. Dre

If I wasn't making music I'd still be listening to it and talking about it. That's why I'm able to chill with…

— JPEGMAFIA