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Listening to his orders In the very midst of the fight; Seeing His slightest signal Across the heads of the throng; Hearing His faintest whisper Above earth's loudest song.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a8367/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/8367.v3.jpg" alt="Jiddu Krishnamurti"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jiddu Krishnamurti</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="37991"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="37991" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a8367/37991/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Waiting%20the%20word%20of%20the%20Master%2C%20Watching%20the%20Hidden%20Light%3B%20%20Listening%20to%20his%20orders%20In%20the%20very%20midst%20of%20the%20fight%3B%20Seeing%20His%20slightest%20signal%20Across%20the%20heads%20of%20the%20throng%3B%20Hearing%20His%20faintest%20whisper%20Above%20earth%27s%20loudest%20song.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa8367%2F37991%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/801/">Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/934/">Light</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a150/03415/">The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a150/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/16/150.v9.jpg" alt="D'Angelo"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">D'Angelo</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="03415"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="03415" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a150/03415/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20thing%20with%20me%20is%2C%20about%20that%20-%20about%20rock%20and%20all%20that%20-%20years%20and%20years%20of%20crate-digging%2C%20listening%20to%20old%20music%2C%20you%20kind%20of%20start%20to%20connect%20the%20dots.%20And%20I%20was%20seeing%20the%20thread%20that%20was%20connecting%20everything%20together%2C%20which%20is%20pretty%20much%20the%20blues.%20And%20everything%20soul%20or%20funk%20kind%20of%20starts%20with%20that.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa150%2F03415%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/402/">Together</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/39/">Soul</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a12880/1fd69/">Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12880/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/10/12880.v4.jpg" alt="Emma Thompson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Emma Thompson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1fd69"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1fd69" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a12880/1fd69/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Any%20problem%2C%20big%20or%20small%2C%20within%20a%20family%2C%20always%20seems%20to%20start%20with%20bad%20communication.%20Someone%20isn%27t%20listening.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa12880%2F1fd69%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/27/">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/963/">Bad</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/79/">Small</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a13494/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/16/13494.v3.jpg" alt="Fred Ward"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Fred Ward</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2c6f7"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2c6f7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a13494/2c6f7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%27s%20a%20major%20part%20of%20world%20history%20that%20men%20are%20trying%20to%20kill%20each%20other.%20It%27s%20just%20one%20slaughter%20after%20the%20other.%20We%20talk%20about%20it%2C%20but%20no%20one%27s%20really%20listening.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa13494%2F2c6f7%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/124/">Men</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/763/">Trying</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a849/114f9/">When you're listening to radio and hear the same 20 songs over and over and over, you want a break from it. 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Eventually, if you hear the same sounds and the same musicians and the same mixes and all of that, it will start to sound like elevator music.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a849/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/849.v6.jpg" alt="Randy Houser"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Randy Houser</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="114f9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="114f9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a849/114f9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20you%27re%20listening%20to%20radio%20and%20hear%20the%20same%2020%20songs%20over%20and%20over%20and%20over%2C%20you%20want%20a%20break%20from%20it.%20Sometimes%20you%20don%27t%20want%20to%20hear%20something%20that%20sounds%20just%20like%20everything%20else%20on%20the%20radio.%20Eventually%2C%20if%20you%20hear%20the%20same%20sounds%20and%20the%20same%20musicians%20and%20the%20same%20mixes%20and%20all%20of%20that%2C%20it%20will%20start%20to%20sound%20like%20elevator%20music.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa849%2F114f9%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1274/">Listening</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1102/">Musicians</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2074/26400c/">It is as though he listened and such listening as his enfolds us in silence in which at last we begin to hear what we are meant to be.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2074.v3.jpg" alt="Lao Tzu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lao Tzu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="26400c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="26400c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2074/26400c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%20is%20as%20though%20he%20listened%20and%20such%20listening%20as%20his%20enfolds%20us%20in%20silence%20in%20which%20at%20last%20we%20begin%20to%20hear%20what%20we%20are%20meant%20to%20be.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2074%2F26400c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1274/">Listening</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1124/">Silence</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5849/">Meant</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3980/0469/">It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress - because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing - to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3980/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/3980.v13.jpg" alt="Zac Brown Band"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Zac Brown Band</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0469"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0469" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3980/0469/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%27s%20always%20humbling%2C%20knowing%20where%20we%20came%20from.%20From%20being%20friends%20with%20the%20janitor%20in%20the%20bar%20and%20being%20friends%20with%20the%20waitress%20-%20because%20they%20were%20some%20of%20the%20only%20people%20that%20were%20listening%20when%20we%20finished%20playing%20-%20to%20this%2C%20we%20are%20able%20to%20appreciate%20every%20single%20person%20and%20every%20single%20piece%20of%20it%2C%20because%20we%20came%20from%20nothing%20to%20this.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3980%2F0469%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/192/">Friends</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/440/">Single</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9709/1fd51/">It was step by step that I earned my way into the lives and hearts of people by giving them recordings that I grew to love and as I found my listening audience also grew to love.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a9709/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/9709.v5.jpg" alt="Dionne Warwick"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Dionne Warwick</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1fd51"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1fd51" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9709/1fd51/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%20was%20step%20by%20step%20that%20I%20earned%20my%20way%20into%20the%20lives%20and%20hearts%20of%20people%20by%20giving%20them%20recordings%20that%20I%20grew%20to%20love%20and%20as%20I%20found%20my%20listening%20audience%20also%20grew%20to%20love.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9709%2F1fd51%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/765/">Giving</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1274/">Listening</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3623/23c14/">I listen to very little music, particularly contemporary. If I listen to it, it's going to be my own music, some arrangement or something. I spend so much time listening that the way I relax is by watching things, a comedy; that's my way to wind down.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3623/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/3623.v6.jpg" alt="Kate Bush"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kate Bush</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="23c14"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="23c14" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3623/23c14/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20listen%20to%20very%20little%20music%2C%20particularly%20contemporary.%20If%20I%20listen%20to%20it%2C%20it%27s%20going%20to%20be%20my%20own%20music%2C%20some%20arrangement%20or%20something.%20I%20spend%20so%20much%20time%20listening%20that%20the%20way%20I%20relax%20is%20by%20watching%20things%2C%20a%20comedy%3B%20that%27s%20my%20way%20to%20wind%20down.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3623%2F23c14%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1088/">Comedy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a921/17351/">Listening is self-empowerment via the empowerment of others.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a921/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/19/921.v6.jpg" alt="Warren Farrell"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Warren Farrell</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="17351"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="17351" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a921/17351/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Listening%20is%20self-empowerment%20via%20the%20empowerment%20of%20others.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa921%2F17351%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1274/">Listening</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a15827/0df41/">I have the most eclectic music taste out there. I can be listening to an indie pop song just as easily as I could be listening to a Carly Simon song from the '70s to a country song.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a15827/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/15827.v3.jpg" alt="Jennifer Hyman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jennifer Hyman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0df41"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0df41" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a15827/0df41/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20have%20the%20most%20eclectic%20music%20taste%20out%20there.%20I%20can%20be%20listening%20to%20an%20indie%20pop%20song%20just%20as%20easily%20as%20I%20could%20be%20listening%20to%20a%20Carly%20Simon%20song%20from%20the%20%2770s%20to%20a%20country%20song.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa15827%2F0df41%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a16820/2fe18/">I mean, I don't like sitting at a table with seven or eight people asking me questions and kind of listening to what I'm doing - scrutinizing my thoughts and things like that. I just don't like it. I can't understand how anyone would.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a16820/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/16820.v35.jpg" alt="Joaquin Phoenix"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Joaquin Phoenix</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2fe18"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2fe18" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a16820/2fe18/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20mean%2C%20I%20don%27t%20like%20sitting%20at%20a%20table%20with%20seven%20or%20eight%20people%20asking%20me%20questions%20and%20kind%20of%20listening%20to%20what%20I%27m%20doing%20-%20scrutinizing%20my%20thoughts%20and%20things%20like%20that.%20I%20just%20don%27t%20like%20it.%20I%20can%27t%20understand%20how%20anyone%20would.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa16820%2F2fe18%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1274/">Listening</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/290/">Thoughts</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11039/3ac19/">There's always going to be people who say, 'This ain't country.' 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