“Nobody will listen to you unless they sense that you like them.”
“You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.”
“When you’re old nobody touches you nobody listens to you—not in this bloody country.so that’s what I do. I touch and I listen.”
“The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them--when they feel understood by you--that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.”
“No story lives unless someone wants to listen. So thank you, all of you.”
“Minds are like parachutes, they don't work unless you open them.”