#listening

Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you're going to play for people. But when you're playing for listening, you're free. ↗

— Stan Kenton

#becomes #dance #dance music #free #function

It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasn't just my dad's story, it was my mom's story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#both #brothers #dad #definitely #fiancee

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#just #listening #much #ones #relationships

When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that. ↗

— Stephen Cole Kleene

#any #attending #club #clubs #discussions

While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same song, but one that captured the feeling of the original tune. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#feeling #head #i #instance #like

I find the songs I want to record by listening to as much music as I can. 'When I hear things I really like, I ask the writers to send me a tape of everything they've ever written. ↗

— Alison Krauss

#ever #everything #find #hear #i

That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing. ↗

— Alison Krauss

#car #great #i #i love #interrupted

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

#dad #eventually #i #instrument #listening

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#attentively #being #completely #conveyed #feeling

I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening. ↗

— Frankie Valli

#early morning #half #i #listening #low