I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.
In the dark you hear movement—a squeak, a hiding. The heart opens, closes, opens.
I'd rather hear an ugly truth, rather than an obscure lie.
What you see is what you get. What you hear is who I am.
I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.
People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.
And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
When what you hear and what you see don't match, trust your eyes.
If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.
The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.
We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.
When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.
I know how to work with people. I've worked with the same people for 10 years. I'm not that kind of auteur. I hear ideas.
The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces.
You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't.
I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.
Women need to hear the words, 'It's okay if things don't go exactly the way you want them to.' Give yourself a break!
What's all this about sin, eh?' 'That,' I said, very sick. 'Using Ludwig van like that. He did no harm to anyone. Beethoven just wrote music.' And then I was really sick and they had to bring a bowl that was in the shape of like a kidney. 'Music,' sa...
Narrator: [introducing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor] What you will see are the different things that might pass through your mind if you sat in a concert hall listening to this music. At first, you are more or less conscious of the orchestra. ...
Antonio Salieri: [reflecting upon a Mozart score] Astounding! It was actually, it was beyond belief. But they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music already finished in his head! Page after page of it as if he we...
