Listening Quotes

I have fun when I’m making music, and I want people to have fun when they listen to it.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard.

Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.

Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.

Great acting is about listening to what they are saying not waiting to deliver your lines.

Secret thinker sometimes listening aloud.

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

Be Skeptical, but learn to listen.