Listeners Quotes

• The songs are not meant to be real life. They're meant to have a psychic - rather than a factual - bearing on the listener. It's rare that a song grounded in reality moves me because I don't feel like I'm getting the whole story. Songs are made to exist in and of themselves, like a great James Jones or Robert Louis Stevenson novel - they're not autobiographical, and yet there's a reality in every single page. It's real life of the imagination.

  

  Will Oldham
  • Reality
  • Imagination
  • Meant

• Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Subject
  • Exhausted

• Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.

  

  Helen Keller
  • Talks
  • Listens
  • Crows

• 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.

  

  Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Music
  • Inspired
  • Listeners

• I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Because music is the only thing that keeps me going.

  

  Ravi Shankar
  • Music
  • Wanted
  • Because

• The piano is a divinely inspired instrument, a mirror held up to its player's soul that captures the light and shadow of the performer and reflects them back to the listener.

  

  David Lanz
  • Player
  • Inspired
  • Shadow

• I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Learn
  • Pay Attention
  • Pastors

• I'm not going to lead my show talking about my kids, but will I perhaps mention my five-year-old swimming? Yeah! I think listeners groove on that because frankly, it's genuine.

  

  Adam Schein
  • Show
  • Talking
  • Listeners

• Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories.

  

  Alexander Osterwalder
  • Up
  • Great
  • Small

• Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

  

  Andrew Cuomo
  • Good
  • Long
  • Ifs

• The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Man
  • Does
  • Listeners

• We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Speakers
  • Listeners

• There’s also more two-way communication between musicians and listeners. There’s more of a feedback loop. It’s mostly just made things more smoother in terms of announcing shows and things like that.

  

  John McCrea Cake
  • Communication
  • Musicians
  • Listeners

• Redbone’s music is a great piece of musical history that can make listeners feel good. What is better than that?

  

  Pat Vegas Redbone
  • History
  • Piece
  • Listeners

• I think game music is something that should last with the player. It's interesting because it can't just be some random music, but something that can make its way into the player's heart. In that sense, this not only applies to game music, but I feel very strongly about composing songs that will leave a lasting impressionWhat I must not forget is that it must be entertaining to those who are listening. I don't think there's much else to it, to be honest. I don't do anything too audacious, so as long as the listeners like it, or feel that it's a really great song, then I've done my job.

  

  Yasunori Mitsuda
  • Music
  • Job
  • Player

• I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer.

  

  Wesley Borland Big Dumb Face
  • Feelings
  • Wanted
  • Storyteller

• I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is

  

  Erykah Badu
  • Up
  • Music
  • Fun

• You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

  

  Jimmy Buffett
  • Writing
  • Knows
  • Ifs

• I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

  

  William Hamilton Maxwell
  • Silent
  • Quiet
  • Taciturn

• Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to their reading and listening.

  

  Andy Wilkinson
  • Readers
  • Listeners
  • Devout

• I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • People
  • Society
  • Hollywood

• Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician

  

  Wynton Marsalis
  • Musician
  • Listeners

• Orchestras seem content to be museums now, even as they wring their hands about dropping subscription sales and graying listeners.

  

  Allan Kozinn
  • Museums
  • Listeners
  • Orchestras

• The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.

  

  Casey Kasem
  • Heart
  • Stories
  • Inspiring

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