#listening

I started writing songs when I was 10. It was a natural way to express myself as a kid. It wasn't until I started listening to jazz, joined the choir and picked up a guitar that my little hobby became something far more serious. ↗

— Kimbra

#choir #express #far #guitar #hobby

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#around #away #being #came #drew

When I don't like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to it more closely. ↗

— Florent Schmitt

#i #like #listening #make #more

A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#healthy #listening #lots #many #state

When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening. ↗

— David Sedaris

#do you know #how #know #laughing #listening

I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books. ↗

— David Sedaris

#books #british #guess #guilty #guilty pleasure

I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time. ↗

— David Sedaris

#i #iron #like #listening #same

Why does the lizard stick his tongue out? The lizard sticks its tongue out because that's the way its listening and looking and tasting its environment. It's its means of appreciating what's in front of it. ↗

— William Shatner

#because #does #environment #front #his

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. ↗

— Lillian Smith

#asking #asking questions #die #learning #listening

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#i #learn #listening #musicians #practice