“ Solitude gives you the ideas and the motivation to make you want to collaborate. Nitin Sawhney Musician
“ You have yourself and your instinct - there isn't anything else at the end of the day. Nitin Sawhney Musician
“ Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another's explanation our defilements will disappear. When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam. Ajahn Chah
“ 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 Poet
“ Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. Alice Duer Miller Writer
“ I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously. Alice Sebold Writer
“ I've always written poetry but I didn't realise it was a therapy for me until I was maybe 15. That's when my singing started to come together as well because I was listening to so much jazz. What I love I will always embrace. Amy Winehouse Singer-Songwriter
“ At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening. Annie Dillard Author