“ In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, seemed relevant to a middle-class kid growing up on the other side of the world. That has always fascinated me. Salman Rushdie Novelist
“ In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. Robert Green Ingersoll Lawyer
“ Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. Bernard Baruch Financier
“ The past is so often unknowable not because it is befogged now but because it was befogged then, too, back when it was still the present. If we had been there listening, we still might not have been able to determine exactly what Stanton said. All we know for sure is that everyone was weeping, and the room was full. Adam Gopnik Writer
“ I was about to meet Beyonce, and I had a full-blown anxiety attack. Then she popped in looking gorgeous, and said, "You're amazing! When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God." Adele Singer-Songwriter
“ A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them dream and pleasantly introduce them to the universe of love. Andrea Bocelli Tenor