#listening

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#always #band #could #davis #else

The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#avoid #avoided #entire #entire lives #hear

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#feel #i #like #listening #made

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition. ↗

— Brian May

#could #i #intuition #just #listening

We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now. ↗

— Linda McCartney

#because #everton #family #football #football team

At the moment I really love listening to the Dave Matthews Band. ↗

— Nancy McKeon

#dave #dave matthews #i #listening #love

I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night. ↗

— A. J. McLean

#bed #bit #caught #get #go

Once again I stopped listening to the news this week. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#i #listening #news #once #stopped

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. ↗

— Paul Merton

#books #comedy #generations #history #humour

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#being #courage #god #him #just