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I enjoy bluegrass, folk, gospel, and classical. I don't listen to music when I write. I sometimes listen to music just before I sit down to write.

— Kent Haruf

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I do listen to a lot of music, but I don't listen when I'm writing.

— Yanni

I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure.

— Jason Molina

I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood.

— Erik Larson

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

— Stephen Greenblatt

I never listen to music when I'm writing.

— Ben Fountain

I listen mostly to classical music.

— Alexandra Fuller

I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.

— Cheryl Mendelson

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

— Mary Roach

I listen to music constantly while writing.

— Orson Scott Card

✗Opposing Perspectives

I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral music; also some Handel, mostly songs and arias; I like Schubert's and Beethoven's chamber music and Sibelius' symphonies; for opera, I listen to Mozart and in recent years Wagner.

— Colm Toibin