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Listening Quotes

How music shapes memory and taste.

This page leans heavily on music: enjoying a song more than expected, a lasting love for Seventies rock albums, and a frustration with bands that lean on harmony guitars without doing anything new. See Love quotes for more on lasting favorites.

When I did 'Venice Dawn,' there were times where people would cry after listening to it.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

Always be listening and learning.

Quotes by Adena Friedman

I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow.

Quotes by Adam McKay

I'm into heavy duty, psychedelic, foreign music. That's what I like listening to.

Quotes by Action Bronson

Always Quotes

Anything that catches my ear, I'm into. Things that are different, that change what you're listening to.

Quotes by Action Bronson

What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?

Quotes by Abu Bakar Bashir

I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.

Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

I started listening to gospel when I was a little boy and my grandmother used to rock me on her lap.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

I really like listening to music in my car.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

Like Quotes

I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Quotes by A. J. McLean

Everybody should start listening to love songs.

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

One of our biggest pet peeves is listening to bands that use harmony guitars for the sake of it. If you can't figure out how do something different than Maiden, UFO, or even Boston, then what's the point?

Quotes by Zacky Vengeance

I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe.

Quotes by Zacky Vengeance

I grew up listening to a lot of Malaysian pop music, which is kind of like a mixture of traditional and pop... I was also listening to a lot of English music as well.

Quotes by Yuna

Love Quotes

I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC.

Quotes by Yuna

The same kids listening to Papa Roach will listen to an Xzibit CD.

Quotes by Xzibit

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

Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

I have the thermometer in my mouth and I am listening to it all the time.

Quotes by William Whitelaw

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.

Quotes by William Shatner

Me Quotes

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.

Quotes by Will Oldham

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "listening" quotes cover?
It's centered on music - enjoying a piece unexpectedly, classic rock albums, a pet peeve about harmony guitars, and growing up on R&B.
Is there a quote about enjoying something unexpectedly?
Yes: "I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it."
Does a quote mention classic rock albums?
Yes: "I love listening to Led Zeppelin and classic rock albums from the Seventies. They're just so brilliant because they breathe."
Is there a musician's pet peeve in here?
Yes: "One of our biggest pet peeves is listening to bands that use harmony guitars for the sake of it."
Does a quote mention growing up with R&B?
Yes: "I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC." See the Music collection for more.

Another line traces a childhood spent listening across genres, landing especially on R&B. Browse Like quotes or Me quotes for related reflections.