#listening

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#falklands #first #got #gulf #gulf war

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

#better #beyond #dreams #encourage #i

Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though! ↗

— Geezer Butler

#albums #been #coltrane #good #i

There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There's something that invites all this obsessive behavior. ↗

— David Byrne

#behavior #done #encourages #invites #kind

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside. ↗

— Stephen King

#busy #closely #coming #good #good story

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#fantastic #financial #five #get #had

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#known #listening #more #most #ones

I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet. ↗

— Count Basie

#continued #feet #i #keep #listening

I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music. ↗

— Ville Valo

#constantly #home #i #like #listen

My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats. ↗

— Kool Moe Dee

#break #chamber #echo #era #favorite