Quotes by Listening Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz. Alan Vega classical-music jazz listening Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence. Alan Watts perception eye listening Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present. Alan Watts life-is-like listening past To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening. Alan Watts listening long thinking We have somehow conned ourselves into the notion that this moment is ordinary. This now moment, in which I'm talking and you're listening, is eternity. Alan Watts listening ordinary talking Freudian therapists do a lot of listening and very little persuading, and that was one of the reasons I eventually gave up being an analyst. You had to be too passive and not speak up, and you couldn't give homework to clients. While I was still an analyst, I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit psychoanalysis after practicing it for six years. Albert Ellis listening giving years I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. Albert Ellis six listening years There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves. Albert Guinon listening relationship people The older I grow, the more I find myself alone. Alberto Giacometti solitude age listening Because sometimes listening to something will connect to a feeling, it will allow you to emote subconsciously, and you don't even understand why you're in it. Aldis Hodge listening feelings sometimes There is no bad day that can’t be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet. This is just truth, plain and simple. Aldous Huxley bad-day simple listening Imagine listening to Beethoven with the prepossession that C is a good note and F a bad one; yet this is exactly the stand point from which all uninitiates contemplate the universe. Obviously, they miss the music. Aleister Crowley imagine missing listening People really like to listen to other people talk; sometimes listening is the only thing you can do. Alex Blumberg listening sometimes people Usually, impersonations come out of something you dig, because you're listening to it over and over. And you kind of start developing... You're really trying to emulate them, then you realize, 'I sound ridiculous doing this. Oh, hey, maybe this is a funny impersonation.' Alex Borstein sound listening trying I get interviewed a lot, and I found myself listening to what the interviewer is asking me, I'm analyzing what I'm being asked more than my response. Alex Haley analyzing asking listening A lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..." and that's it. Alex Scally listening song people I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. I feel like as I grew older, I've been working with different musicians, people that have are constantly showing me different things. Alex Winston musician listening people It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances. Alexander Crummell utterance soul listening One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others. Alexander Smith hug good-luck listening I like listening to the whole song. Like my father says, "If you can't pick the whole song, then why are you playing it?" Alexandra Richards listening song father «1234567891011»