Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.
Jeanette Winterson

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to say that the masterpiece to which you are paying historic homage this evening is a painting which he has saved.
Andre Malraux

Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers.
Merrill Markoe

But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago.
Marc Wallice

One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.
Franklin P. Jones

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.
Don Henley

I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.
Namie Amuro

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.
Itzhak Perlman

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.
Brandon Boyd

I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.
John James Audubon

I get embarrassed listening to my last CDs. I've got a lot of work to do, let's put it that way.
Bjork

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

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.
Marge Piercy

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

I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
Gary Lucas

Listening is the key to everything good in music.
Pat Metheny

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

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are.
Alice Cooper

It's hard listening to myself.
Meg White

I really like listening to music in my car.
Aaron Neville