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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.
There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.
When you think you're listening to several conversations at once, they tell me, you may really simply be time sharing - that is, listening a little bit to this one, a little bit to that one.
Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.
I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation between the rapport that we feel when we're in conversation and when we're playing music, it's one in the same.
If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything.
Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.
I have been the person who tries to keep conversation light while talking to someone whose heart has been smashed.
When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it.