I Am Listening Quotes

Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.

My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.

I have some things that I've been workin' on, such as delivery, wordplay, breath control, just a lot of other things that artists work on, that the listener may not be listening for.

I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really excellent leaders I have known were, in my view, excellent listeners.

A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.

Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening. Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing. Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter.

Dog's listen, or appear to listen. I think they hear blah, blah, blah, FOOD, blah, blah, blah. They appear to be listening to you.

All night, my face next to your mouth, I hold my breath, listening to yours.

What we hear is the quality of our listening.

I often learn more about myself from listening to the life story of a friend than I do reflecting on my own story.

Don't be angry at life. It is not life that is frustrating you, it is you who are not listening to life.

If it's worth listening to, it's worth questioning until you understand it.

Effective questioning brings insight, which fuels curiosity, which cultivates wisdom.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

When you're walking down the street or in the car just listening to the radio, and you're, like , 'Oh, that's my song.' You want to say, 'Hey Mom!' That never changes.

Take time to listen to what is said without words, to obey the law too subtle to be written, to worship the unnameable and to embrace the unformed.

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition.

The storytelling gift is innate: one has it or one doesn't. But style is at least partly a learned thing: one refines it by looking and listening and reading and practice - by work.

I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially country music, but it crossed over to rock.

Music is mathematics, the mathematics of listening, mathematics for the ears.

Music never stops; it is only the listening that is intermittent.

People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say 'No' to you.

I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure.

To feel as well as hear what someone says requires whole attention.

At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be the first impression.

When you compare music, you lose the joy of listening to it.

Listening to his songs she heard nothing but bad news, still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose.

There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.

Listening to Democrats complain about inflation is like listening to germs complain about disease.

One of our urgent opportunities is to respond to a child when he earnestly asks, remembering that they don't always ask.

If you think you are in control, you're fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you're not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.

You see, to me, the art of music is listening to it, not playing it. The real art of it is hearing it.

It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening.

Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.

Listening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarette and crushing the butt in the ashtray.

Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.

If you don't feel the blues, then you're not listening. Then you're just a professor or something.

Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

Those with a low view of the Bible should not attempt listening prayer, for it can lead into dangerous gnostic listening.

The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!

There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.

I'm tired of having to consult a group of old white guys about my black girl craft. They don't even know what they're listening for or to.

To genuinely discover your Spirit, stop talking, stop reading, and start listening to your heart.

If I dare to hear you I will feel you like the sun And grow in your direction.