Listener Attention Quotes

I want my fans to listen to my music. Period.

If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

Don't nobody listen to Nas anymore.

Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic school.

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

I want to be like Ford Madox Ford. I want to be talking to somebody across a fire, and I want him to join me and listen to me, and if he is fidgeting in his chair, I know I am not doing my job. I am a storyteller, and I know most people like a story.

The reason why we have so many stars campaigning for politics is that when we senior artistes go to speak to people, they at least listen to some extent.

Length of saying makes languor of hearing.

People like to be moved, that's why they're here listening to you instead of sitting at home with the Shipping Forecast.

You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is striking enough, then you can really deliver the story most effectively while keeping the ear of the listener the whole time.

People buy a ticket to see your show, so from the moment I get onstage, I can have no insecurities, because they're already there. You have to get people to listen. If they listen, everything's cool.