If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.
I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years?
People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion.
I always listen to what people don't say, it's a lot more interesting than the bullshit they want you to believe.
Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a thousand gibberish.
I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at all; men just don’t know how to listen.
You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.
The ghost of a smile flickered across his lips. ‘You’re always the voice of reason. Just try listening to yourself once in a while.
I remember thinking, 'I don't know if I can do radio.' I never even listen to it.
I think people should try to teach young children that these qualities - stubbornness and a capacity to listen - might look like they are opposites, but they are not.
I think Blank Generation holds up pretty well. You listen to that with headphones and there's a lot going on there with the guitars- it's the product of a lot of fighting.
Many people, especially young people, have started listening to sitar since George Harrison, one of the Beatles, became my disciple.
The reason that I have Global Grind is to communicate ideas to people who might otherwise not be listening.
It's kind of fun to listen to Christians who say: I'm a New Testament Christian. What other kind of Christian is there?
The podcast was kind of an afterthought, because I was just excited about being on the radio. Then I found that the podcast listenership is some 20 times what people are listening to on the radio.
When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen.
If a man talks like a woman, what is there to believe about this man? I'd rather listen to the woman who thinks and talks like a man.
Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway.
I've always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I was always attracted to the roar of the crowd.
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.
