Quotes About Connection

Transatlantic links are very important.

Every time I do a game on TBS, I wear these: my dad's cuff links from 1958.

'Lauv' comes from the Latvian word for lion, and my mom's side of the family is from Latvia - it's a place I've been probably 15 times or more. I'm also a Leo, and my real name, Ari, means lion.

I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing.

The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever.

After you've listened to it, you'll feel like you know us a little bit better.

I loved my time at ESPN and deeply appreciated everybody who listened to the 'Will Cain Show' everyday.

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.

Chromatics' 'Kill For Love' has probably been the record I've listened to the most.

You know someone is your favorite person when you've done a day of press, listened to yourself ad nauseam, listened to them tell every story, and when it ends, it's like, 'Are we going to eat something?'

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.

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.

'What's Going On' is one of the greatest albums ever made. I definitely wasn't aiming to make my 'What's Going On,' you know what I mean? That album is definitely deep in my DNA. I've probably listened to that more than maybe any other album ever in my entire life.

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.

Most people have never been listened to, and they've never been asked questions that they want to be asked.

I always felt, as a listener at a show, that when there was too much banter between the artist and the audience that it detracted from the show. I more enjoyed shows where the guys came out and they just played.

What is the point of narrating poetry when the listener can't appreciate and enjoy the meaning?

I'm a great listener.

The part that I loved about radio wasn't getting on the air - it was all this great stuff my listeners would tell me.

I haven't said this yet, but my goal for this 'Beautiful' album is not to say, 'I'm beautiful,' or, 'OK, I'm so cool.' This is, honestly, an album written for the listeners.

For me, the listeners are the ones who matter.

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play.

I grew up listening to old soul.