#listening

Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#asleep #been #catalog #common #emotional

Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism. ↗

— Justin Sane

#fighting #great #history #i #listening

I don't like listening to music that isn't real. ↗

— Joss Stone

#like #listening #music #real

Listening is the key to everything good in music. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#good #key #listening #music

I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#car #grew #i #listening #show

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose. ↗

— Donal Henahan

#commit #human #human brain #incessant #intent

I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know. ↗

— David Thewlis

#came #here #i #i came #know

The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much. ↗

— Germain G. Glidden

#listening #age

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#listening #work #art

If you don't listen to the question entirely, then you are going to revise your answers frequently. ↗

— Toba Beta

#the-art-of-listening-question #art