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"I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it."
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"Smartass Disciple : Master, why you keep telling about the truth? Nobody hears.Master of Stupidity : O Yea. They hear but don't listen. Anyway, no fun in silent."
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"A fool tries to shut others' mouth instead of listens to his own heart."
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"To Become an Attentive Listener . . . Observe a person's physical presence to see how their body language aligns with their message. Recognize what is being said on the surface. Engage your intuition to hear the meaning, purpose, and motivation behind their message. Be aware of your own internal responses and how you are feeling. Put yourself in their shoes to better understand their perspective."
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"When we want to talk, we can instead listen, and let our attentiveness to another's need to speak be our silent statement."
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"How do you know when to advance the conversation or when there's something still unresolved? When you are situationally aware, you watch the body language and notice the cues that are given to you. Listening and observing are being mindful in the best sense of the word."
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"Learn to listen, not just hear. Listening is an art."
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"You can have the perfect message, but it may fall on deaf ears when the listener is not prepared or open to listening.These listening "planes" were first introduced by the American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990) as they pertain to music . . . 1. The Sensual Plane: You're aware of the music, but not engaged enough to have an opinion or judge it.2. The Expressive Plane: You become more engaged by paying attention, finding meaning beyond the music, and noticing how it makes you feel.3. The Musical Plane: You listen to the music with complete presence, noticing the musical elements of melody, harmony, pitch, tempo, rhythm, and form."
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"Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind."
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"It is a tremendous gift to simply and truly listen to another."
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"The ears and the heart are connected, it's true,for when ears open wide, the heart opens up too."
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"We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us."
Father
"I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time."
Time
"Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition."
Competition
"Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something."
Fight
"My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress."
Progress
"I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced."
Thought
"When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'"
Father
"The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible."
Time
"I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do."
Education
"This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King."
Opportunity
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