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In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye's 'Late Registration.'
For me, I love Marc Anthony a lot. He's one of my dad's favorite artists, and I listened to him a lot growing up.
I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.
If we prove capable of showing a pioneering commitment, we shall create a commmunity listened to around the world.
When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie.
When it comes to dance hall music, I definitely listened to a lot of Vybz Kartel growing up or Gyptian and Mavado.
I'm just inspired by life and, growing up, I listened to all types of different sounds, genres, and areas of music.
I have listened to tapes of myself interviewing people and mostly I try to be better at directing the conversation.
I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock.
There was this guy I used to work with, and he listened to Patsy Cline all the time, so I liked that after a while.
I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
My uncles listened to rock and roll like Led Zeppelin. We had MTV, so I saw Adam Ant and Boy George and Def Leppard.
There was a phase when I and people around me listened to Prince a lot. A lot. We took Prince fandom to the extreme.
My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.
I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.
I feel like I've lost so many amazing traits because I've listened to stupid people, ignorant people who are bullies.
When I was a kid, I listened to the Doors and the Eagles and bands like the Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, and Blondie.
The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it became mainstream.
I've always been a fan of music. I listened to a whole lot of oldies - I never really listened to rap music that much.
I didn't know a single musical soundtrack, really, growing up. Nobody listened to musicals. That wasn't a thing I did.
When the Chicago rap scene came about, I listened to all of the upcoming artists like Lil Durk, Chief Keef and G Herbo.
My stepfather was a country music fan, and I grew up on a horse farm, so the older country, that's what he listened to.
Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were.
I listened to Pablo Casals, which was a big change for me. Without hearing Casals, I would never have advanced as I did.
Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.
I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music.
Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.
At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in.
My greatest influence came from my parents' love of classical music. We listened to a lot of arias and operas growing up.
At one point, I took a year off just to listen to music and really digest it. I listened to everything you could imagine.
I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed.
When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us live was AFI.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
I must have listened to at least 10 covers of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' - Jeff Buckley's cover is usually my go-to song.
My mom played me all kinds of music, from Ella Fitzgerald to Celine Dion. I listened to everything growing up, old and new.
My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.
My whole life, I've sung and listened to music, and since the beginning, I've had iTunes and used Apple Music for streaming.
I've listened to a lot of different styles of music growing up, and they've all influenced me at different times in my life.
Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'
In my home, we listened to music all the time. I was raised through music, and I've been interested in it since I was three.
I'm trying to be me and embrace all the parts of me that have grown up, listened to more music and soaked up more influences.
For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.
My dad could hold a tune. He wasn't necessarily a singer, but he did love music, and he listened to it quite loud in the car.
I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me a $7.50 guitar.
I listened to a lot of Jay Z and Nas, stuff like that, so I was always New York-influenced. I think I have that New York flow.
I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.
At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.
I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.