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Listening Quotes - Page 66

It's asking for trouble to listen to music alone.

Janice Galloway (1989). “The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel”

I need more and more silence, it feels. Poems don't leap into my mind when I'm distracted, turned outward, with other people, listening to music.

"Of Amplitude There Is No Scraping Bottom: An Interview with Jane Hirshfield". Interview with Rebecca Olson, tinhouse.com. March 16, 2015.

Hardest emotion? They're all pretty damn hard; I don't know really if there's one specifically, but I do think, I don't know what's happening or what I'm feeling when I'm actually listening.

"10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: "Way Beyond His Years as a Human"". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

One of my favorite activities is just to drive and listen to music - of course, only when there's no traffic.

"Interview with Actress Jacqui Holland on Beauty, Aging, and Embracing Pain". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side—if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.

Jacqueline Woodson (2010). “From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun”, p.10, Penguin

Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions.

"Is 'Patient Capitalism' The Answer To Poverty?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. October 18, 2013.

I have trouble listening to people tell me about their dreams.

"The Raconteurs". Interview with Jonathan Durbin, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.