I Listened Quotes
150 quotes by 138 authors
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I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now,…
— Travis Barker
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to…
— Eric Clapton
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When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've always preferred acoustic…
— Ian Anderson
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They tell me what to wear, how to look, what I should say, how I should be. Until recently I had given into that pressure,…
— Selena Gomez
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The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll…
— Debbi Fields
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My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.
— Boz Scaggs
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I had no fear of the stream's perils, and I listened with the greatest contentment to the quiet slap of water on rocks, the running…
— Clare B. Dunkle
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On Phantom... I listened to the music while I was reading the script. And it had just blown me away. I really... I was so…
— Gerard Butler
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I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith.
— Julianne Hough
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The one radio voice that I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and…
— Doris Day
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I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach,…
— Charles Mingus
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While other kids played with cars and toys, I listened to music all day. I wanted to sing it and learn it.
— Robin Thicke
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I was a weird kid. I shouldve been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I dont know why Im not gay.…
— Frank Oz
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About six months ago, I listened to Siamese Dream. That was the first time I'd ever really heard my own album, because I had separated…
— Billy Corgan
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I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothing to…
— Klaus Schulze
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I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I…
— Liz Phair
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I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was…
— Donald Miller
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And all I could do while I listened to this dude tell me how punk rock saved his life was think, Wow. Why did my…
— Chuck Klosterman
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I’d been listening to men talk since I arrived in New York City. That’s what men like to do. Talk. Profess like experts. When one…
— Rachel Kushner
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I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills,…
— Jerry Wexler
Who Wrote These I Listened Quotes
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