#listen

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#debussy #did #duke #duke ellington #ellington

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#comes #furnish #helps #leisure #listen

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#i #just #like #listener #lock

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#act #around #caring #compliment #ear

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#coen #directors #everyone #feel #film

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#album #everything #grew #i #listening

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it. ↗

— David Byrne

#electronic #electronic music #enjoying #everyone #hardly

At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in. ↗

— Rose Byrne

#certain point #cooler #crowd #desperately #fit

Everybody saying you can't do this, you can't do that. I don't know why. Guess if you listen to it, you can convince yourself of it. ↗

— Fuzzy Zoeller

#everybody #guess #i #know #listen

I listen to music constantly while writing. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#i #listen #music #while #writing