Listeners Quotes
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The minute you finish a piece of writing it doesn't belong to you, you don't write it any more, it belongs to you, the reader, the listener, the audience. So the less you know about whether or not this is me talking about my life or this is me talking about your life, I think the better. Then it can belong to you and it can live outside of the moment in which it was conceived.
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A musician must lift up the souls of the listeners, and take them towards space.
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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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As a listener, I like a wide range of sounds.
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We had no local representation whatsoever. They just said this is what is good for the listeners.
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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.
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My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.
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What else is soul but a listener?
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The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.
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Music that is created with the primary aim of impressing other musicians fails to connect with the vast majority of listeners.
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So those of you listeners who don't want to hear what the weather will be like in six months time... look away now.
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A lot of the listeners don't realize that the Daytona 24 Hours is the most difficult race in the world. It's 24 hours, a lot of darkness because it's held at the end of January, so you're talking about 13-14 hours of darkness.
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I usually need to sit with pain a while. Really feel it. Then I need to talk it out. Luckily, I am surrounded by wonderful listeners who haven't told me to shut up yet.
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I want to be something that the listeners might not know that they needed but that I fill a lane and that they enjoy it for a while.
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To me, that's what music is: creating a mood, and taking the listener to the place that you're going.
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We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.
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The Rolling Stones are violence. Their music penetrates the raw nerve endings of their listeners and finds its way into the groove marked 'release of frustration.'
