Being listened to and being heard is an EXPERIENCE that doesn't HAPPEN terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to ANOTHER person - not to get too HEAVY about it - but I once heard somebody SAY that was a form of real prayer.

I really LOVE what Chuck Berry did with Christmas music, and ALSO the Rat PACK Christmas stuff, which I listened to all through my CHILDHOOD.

My FAMILY is still in Los Angeles. We listened to all sorts of music: Mexican music, oldies, SOUL, disco and ROCK & ROLL. I was surrounded by music.

I've NEVER LISTENED to any of PURPLE Mk III's RECORDS.

I was into PUNK rock my whole life. I never listened to the EAGLES. I never listened to THINGS that were getting Grammys. So getting a GRAMMY nomination wasn't bad, it just wasn't MEANINGFUL.

I listened to the RADIO, so I was influenced by everyone from MICHAEL Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my DAD had a collection of CAT Stevens albums while my MOM was listening to jazz.

I would hear Steely DAN on the radio all the time, and I LISTENED to 'Aja' a lot. I MEAN, 'Black Cow' and 'Aja' and 'Deacon BLUES' and 'Josie' and 'Peg'... all these songs are on one RECORD. It's crazy!

I MET with several public COMPANY CEOs to LEARN about their experiences of going public and LISTENED to as many earnings calls as I possibly could.

After you've LISTENED to it, you'll FEEL LIKE you know us a LITTLE BIT better.

Most PEOPLE have NEVER been LISTENED to, and they've never been asked QUESTIONS that they WANT to be asked.

'Roxbury Drive' was the street I grew up on as a little KID, and it was the street that I FIRST LISTENED to records on, and where I ACTUALLY really first fell in LOVE with music.

I was LUCKY. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always KNEW I was loved, valued, and LISTENED to.

I was in my friend's apartment, and their buddy called us and was LIKE, 'I'm in a CAR, and you're on the RADIO.' So we listened to the song. That was wild. I'm like, 'Is this real? How is this happening?'

Sonic Youth, for better or WORSE, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, MOTHERHOOD, and creative opportunities I never WOULD have achieved on my own. I'm grateful and surprised that we were LISTENED to, LOVED, ignored, and overrated.