Susan Rogers > Quotes

“Because your brain is wired to experience rewards from different facets of music than my brain, it is misguided to suggest that anyone’s taste in music is superior to anyone else’s.”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

“Listening is not the same as hearing. Listening is an active process, not a passive one, and becoming a competent musical listener requires curiosity, effort, and love. But it requires something else, too--something it took me years to fully comprehend. It requires understanding and embracing your unique identity as a listener.”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

“Be it records or romantic partners, we fall in love with the ones who make us feel like our best and truest self.”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music

“Practically speaking, without a listener, music does not exist. By perceiving, feeling, and reacting to the many dimensions of a song, a listener closes the creative circle and completes the musical experience.”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

“Some of the best musicians I know aren’t musicians.” And with that he turned away, impromptu jam session over.”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music

“I'm in my sixties, and at long last I am finally experiencing the welcome feeling of 'I don't get what the kids are listening to these days!”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

“For many listeners, the exciting new music we discovered when we were young becomes the reliable playlist we stick with in middle age.”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You