Listening Quote by Philip Pullman

Writing music is something very natural... this is the way to communicate with other people.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Reading and writing music is a wonderful way of getting ideas in your head down to someone else who reads and writes, but if…

— Ronnie Montrose

I only write when listening to the music.

— Mod Sun

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so…

— Vikram Seth

I know a lot of people don't listen to music when they're writing because it distracts them, but for me it's almost a way…

— Dan Chaon

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

— Lincoln Child

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

— Mary Roach

I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices…

— Billy Joel

If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.

— Terry Brooks

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

— Sylvester Stallone

Writing is the same as music. It’s in how you phrase it, how you hold back the note, bend it, shape it, then release…

— Robert Creeley

I don't listen to music when I write. If I do, I usually end up giving it my whole attention, which means, unfortunately, I…

— Gail Honeyman