Quotes About Engagement

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.

As a drummer, I always approach things as, 'I want to play just enough to keep other drummers interested, but not enough to go over the average listener's head.'

I think I am quite a good listener.

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

As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs.

I'm a great listener.

I want listeners to feel as though they went through an experience.

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

For me, the listeners are the ones who matter.

I don't see myself as a leader, I just feel that everything I say, people are listening and people are doing.

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.

Women love to talk, so you gotta be the guy that listens - not just listens but is interested.

Sometimes it's literally just a feeling that you get that somebody is more interested than someone else; and they may both say they're interested, but you get a feeling.

I just want people to get lost in the story and at the end kind of sag and say, 'That was fun.' It's hardly my desire for them to sit and think, 'What a great literary image.'

I want to do a little bit of everything and really just experience life.

There is less difference than you would imagine entertaining little children and entertaining adults.

I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.

Now to be the NBA player that gets to coach the little kids and talk to them and enjoy time with them, I think is just amazing.

Even when I played in little league as a kid, I liked making friends, but I didn't want to be there, really.

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work!

I always wonder who people are when I meet them; where they live, how they get home from work and little things like that.

I've been blessed for 17 years to have a job where I make people forget their problems for a little while.

There is always something wonderful about a live audience.

You have to be on your game with a live audience because anything can change.