Despite whatever commercial kind of success you might have or radio success, I don't want to do something just to get as many people as possible to listen.
If he had listened to some of his advisors and had tried to make the Marshall Plan a political dumping ground for unqualified politicians, it couldn't have been a success.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.
I think there is always going to be inspired music and there are always going to be inspired listeners and there is always going to be an inspired method of getting it from A to B.
Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.
I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's pop or jazz or hip-hop.
When I'm skiing, I listen to electronic music. It's repetitive and let's me get into a groove and crank out the miles.
Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.
My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over.
If I had to give up reading or give up listening to music, I suspect I'd stick with the music.
I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.
I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.
When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.
What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.
While I'm writing YA, I can't read YA, and the same with adult. I usually only listen to music while I'm writing YA.
When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.
I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.
It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the '60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren't trying to recreate music from the '20s. Why do it?
The moment you start to talk about playing music, you destroy music. It cannot be talked about. It can only be played, enjoyed and listened to.
