Quotes from Julian Treasure

Every individual's listening is as unique as his or her fingerprints because we all listen through filters that develop from our personal mix of culture, language, values, beliefs, attitudes, expectations and intentions. That is why one person's musical taste is another person's hideous noise.

Without our natural soundscape, we are making ourselves tired, stressed, and frightened all at the same time.

We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more importantly still, listening.

It's an interesting door opening, this use of sonic signalling - using sound to alert us in a more subtle way than a beep.

In the U.K., architects train for five years, and they spend one day on sound.

Sadly, piped music in so many public spaces is often just more noise. Rarely is it carefully designed to enhance our experience; much more likely it is there because retailers have subscribed to an incorrect view that music makes people spend more.

Your ears are always on - you have no ear lids. They work even when you sleep.

If we're not listened to, then that doesn't create a desire inside us to listen to others. Societally, we don't value it.