Listening Quote by Madlib

I don't necessarily think the way people do, but that's not my problem. My problem is not to reinforce or destroy any ideas anyone…

— El-P

If people don't like what I'm doing I really don't have time to hear it. I'm doing something good with my life and I…

— Eddie Vedder

I keep making the music I do because I feel very purposeful about making things that would be helpful or quell some loneliness in…

— Perfume Genius

You know, it's never easy to understand why I do what I do. For other people, I mean.

— Thom Yorke

I don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use.

— David Gilmour

To make a living from doing something I love is fantastic. As long as people want to listen to me, I'll keep doing it.…

— Steve Winwood

I'm always making things, and I have this ongoing practice of compelling stuff that strikes me. Over the course of my life doing this,…

— Arthur Jafa

I try to do everything I can to make sure I stick in people's minds.

— Paulie Malignaggi

It's hard to know if what you do is actually working for anyone else or not. There's so much music out there. Why would…

— Matt Corby

When I'm making my music, I'm writing it, I'm producing it, I'm playing all the instruments, I'm performing. It's my own world where I…

— Lenny Kravitz

I enjoy the music I make because I have to - if I didn't, I wouldn't want to make it, and I wouldn't want…

— Jack Garratt

I make music to process - because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.

— Mark Kozelek