Evan Parker Quotes

When you add a period of 25 years between the playing and the listening, then the whole question of meaning gets very complicated.

Evan Parker

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I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater.

Tamara Tunie
- Up
- Music
- Listening
As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.

Ian Anderson
- People
- Music
- Trying
My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.

Hakeem Olajuwon
- Me
- Born
- Playing
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.

Gary Lucas
- Time
- Music
- Listening
Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.

Eddie Murphy
- Up
- Growing
- Listening
Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.

Hanya Yanagihara
- Life
- Work
- Writing