The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself.
Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made in some low-budget situation, primarily with a view to selling a few hundred copies at their concerts.
I see myself as a serious artist, but yeah, when people come to my shows, they want to hear 'What Was I Thinkin',' 'Drunk on a Plane,' and lots of up-tempo, fun songs.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
The language of all the interpretations, the translations, of the Judaic Bible and the Christian Bible, is musical, just wonderful. I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.
It was so wonderful outside that even the wild senselessness of this enormous death, whose music I hear again and again, could not disturb me from my great enjoyment!
All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our ancestors, the slave owners.
It is the passion inside me that means I keep going. I love what I do, and I think I am lucky to do it. When I am riding a quiet country road, I hear the birds singing and think, 'I am in my office now.'
No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
When I moved to New York to act I was no good at working restaurants - hosting, waiting, bussing, dishwashing - I wasn't good at any aspect. But I did have a guitar. So I would sing 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,' but you would only hear the chorus because the train comes by every 30 seconds.
I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.
I am called here to answer before you, but I hear no things laid to my charge.
Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling and thought much better.
I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room.
If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?'
I have a hard time with interviews, because I'd rather hear about the interviewer.
Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.
I love to prove people wrong. They expect I'll sound a certain way when they see me, then they hear me and they can't believe it. I love that.
The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.
Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!
You should hear what my parents wanted to call me. It was between Brown Rice, Neon Hitch and Z. Ziggurat Zanzibar Zandorf. I'm not joking. Imagine fitting that on my passport!
People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.
The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it.
It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.
Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
Sometimes with artists, I want to hear a few things before I buy the whole album.
It would probably break my heart to hear that people didn't like me. I don't look on the Internet.
As I've met clinicians in my travels, time after time I've been inspired to hear why people went into medicine: to apply their way-above-average minds (and hearts) to work that's beyond most people's capacity, and perhaps save a few lives.
When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next.
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
It's so funny because if you tweet your lyrics and then you hear it in a song next week, you're like, 'Hey I had that same idea.' I'm very secretive with my music. We have to send emails password protected. Because once that song gets out, you aren't selling that thing.
My mom told me many times that when you are outside, you have to be careful what you are saying, and don't repeat the words of what you hear at home.
