Listeners Quotes
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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.
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Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.
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Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories.
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Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.
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I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer.
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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.
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The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.
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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.
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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.
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We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.
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Redbone’s music is a great piece of musical history that can make listeners feel good. What is better than that?
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You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
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I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is
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I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.
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Orchestras seem content to be museums now, even as they wring their hands about dropping subscription sales and graying listeners.
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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.
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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.
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Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room.
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...photographers who carry 60 pounds of equipment up a hill to photograph a view are not suffering enough, although their whining causes enough suffering among their listeners. No, if they really expect us to respect their search for enlightenment and artistic expression, in the future they will drag the equipment up the hill by their genitals and take the view with a tripod leg stuck through their foot.
