Heard Quotes

The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously.

It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was.

I thought my Beatles LPs sounded pretty good on a record player, but that was before I had heard a CD.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience.

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

But by all this I am not deterred, for I have seen, I have heard, I have felt.

People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.

I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.

I have heard that the Saudi Arabians are paying Greenpeace to campaign against Nuclear Power. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.

You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.

I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.

I thought I was answering a question that I had heard that was about increasing the minimum wage - would I consider that. So let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage. I did not say that and that is not something I would consider.

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap.

But if I've heard this saying once, I've heard it a thousand times- everything happens for a reason. And possibly it does. I just haven't found the reason that this all happened yet.

I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid.

I've always said this and finally I had a chance to demonstrate it: The moderator should be seen little and heard even less. It is up to the candidates to ask the follow-up questions and challenge one another.

I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.

I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard.

I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'

I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said "There's no military solution to terrorism. If there were, Israel would be the safest place in the world. But there's no military solution."

I think for new artists the hardest thing is putting the face with a name. People maybe heard our song on the radio or something but until they get several impressions of who you are - from whatever it is, whether TV or a live show, I feel like they don't quite connect the dots.

He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those numbers increase.