I’ll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It’s a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing. – Brandon Boyd
I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren’t listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. – Albert Ellis
I’ve grown up listening to Gorillaz, so for me to, like, be asked to be on the album is an honour. – Ashley Thomas
If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender. – Brian Eno
My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. – Bill Kreutzmann
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. – Chuck Palahniuk
I grew up listening to Queen. They were no stranger to throwing in the unexpected and something a little more dramatic. – Carrie Underwood
What people are tired of, the people who agree with me, what they’re tired of is listening to that sound, the sound of the people who’ve given up. – Bill Cosby
Since I am me, I find it very difficult to judge how fascinating listening to my nasal, heavily-accented drone for two hours would be to somebody who wasn’t me. – Alan Moore
What started it all was the Kanye album, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.’ We started listening to that and just fell in love with it, fell in love with his production style. – Andrew Dost
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad’s Benny Goodman records. – Alvin Lee
I look back upon my times when more people were listening to what I had to say, and I didn’t say enough. – Bill Goldberg
When I was a kid, I used to sneak down the stairs when my folks were listening to ‘The Witch’s Tale’ and ‘Inner Sanctum’ on the radio. I went to see ‘Frankenstein’ in the movie theater and got the pants scared off of me. – Al Feldstein
Research shows that if people are talking and listening to like-minded others, they become more dogmatic, more unified, and more extreme. Personalized Facebook experiences are a breeding ground for misunderstanding and miscommunication across political lines and, ultimately, for extremism. – Cass Sunstein
It is in the middle of misery that so much becomes clear. The one who says nothing good comes of this is not yet listening. – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
My inner rock chick has always been there. I grew up listening to a lot of rock music through my sisters, who were teenagers while I was young, so they had control of the radio. – Carrie Underwood
To be honest, I know this probably sounds corny or whatever because I’m a musician, but listening to music really helps me relax and calm down – listening to my favorite songs. Also, laughing and hanging out with my friends. – Austin Mahone
I think ‘Lovin’ Feelin’ was probably one of the most – probably in ’64 and ’65, one of the more dramatic love songs for these kids to grab hold of. I mean, they had been listening to, you know, kind of cute songs, and ‘Lovin’ Feelin’ was just a strong, powerful song. – Bill Medley
I promised myself that I’d never actually admit to listening to ‘New Kids on the Block.’ – Alicia Keys
Everyone is trying to make these huge songs; I just make things that I want to listen to. Music that I will be comfortable listening to 10 years from now, that’s my only thing. – Action Bronson
I knew from the age of four that I wanted to preach. I didn’t even consider it strange that grown people were listening to this kid preaching until I was around thirteen. I have never believed in limitations. – Al Sharpton
People come up to me and say, ‘You changed my life.’ I don’t think I changed anyone’s life. I think their life changed while they were listening to the music. – Bernard Sumner
I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap. – Aaron Neville
There’s a certain type of indie fan who would balk at the prospect of there being value in pop music, but I think that’s foolish. They’re not really listening. – Autre Ne Veut