Listening Quotes

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.

Whatever had been on the radio in the '60s; I mean we were always listening to the radio.

It's frustrating to do albums that you think are worth listening to, but it's just so difficult to cut through.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.

John Coltrane - I've been listening to the 'Trane again. It blows you away, because I know more now and I hear more now and I had a life that I've lived!

A majority of American citizens are now becoming skeptical of the claim that our carbon footprints, resulting from our use of fossil fuels, are going to lead to climatic calamities. But governments are not yet listening to the citizens.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

I was aiming for the cooks that I've talked to by teaching an online course and by traveling, listening to people who are really busy and harried but want to be cooking.

I like being on the floor, listening in on the huddles. It makes me feel like a player again.

I grew up listening to old soul.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Big brother listening in on your phone calls - I got a problem with that.

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.

When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.

It's about listening first, then selling.

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist.

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.