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The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.

A mate of mine said recently said a lot of stuff sounds like you're listening to it outside, but also like you're surrounded by it, and I think that's quite similar.

It's all about knowing when to listen to that conversation and - without sounding really hokey - when to tune it out and follow your heart.

If anyone has listened to my stuff over the years, they know I tend not to do the same thing twice.

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.

I have to constantly remind myself that I am communicating with a person with hearing loss.

It's lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I've made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There's joy and passion in the next room, in the next bed, but it's not yours.