Sound Quotes · Page 106

Technology sounds quick and easy, but it ends up taking up too much of your time.

— Elaine Equi

Change the sound. Make people rethink what they're doing. That's what I really wanna do.

— Adrian Younge

I went home each night dizzy and sick. He was murdering me with the sound of his voice.

— Charles Bukowski

You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.

— Arthur Godfrey

You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection.

— Willie Nelson

Sometimes I just hit the keyboard in a way I'd like the rhythm of the tracks to sound.

— Anonymous

The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach

— Stephen Chbosky

'Piku' was driven by subtleties. Most films come with the padding of the sound, the visual, the drama.

— Deepika Padukone

You can kidnap me and force me to be your watchdog if you want to. But I'm telling you, I will bark…

— Jack Handey

Dancing has a continuity of its own that need not be dependent upon either the rise or fall of sound or the…

— Merce Cunningham

Then at night the general stillness is more impressive than any sound, but occasionally you hear the note of an owl farther…

— Henry David Thoreau

Success is won by those who believe in winning & then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many…

— Herb Brooks

I really love watching the 70s live performance TV series "The Midnight Special" and "The Old Grey Whistle Test". Those are the…

— Feist

We heard no other sounds. We met no other people. We saw only two bright red birds leap startled from the center…

— Haruki Murakami

It may sound like a mess, but sometimes mess can be okay, mess can be fine. Sometimes mess is just another word…

— Terence Blacker

I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that…

— Sam Hunt

My favorite thing about guitar, and the thing that always drew me to it when I was first learning to play it,…

— Charlie Worsham

It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid…

— Mel Torme

Government, we are sometimes told, is just another word for things we choose to do together. Like a lot of things politicians…

— Glenn Reynolds

What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again"…

— John Wayne

When I finally gathered, invented, stole, simplified, borrowed, and found a publisher for a clutch of reasonably foolproof recipes, I learned I…

— Peg Bracken

He smoked a cigarette, standing in the dark and listening to her undress. She made sea sounds; something flapped like a sail;…

— Nathanael West

All musical talent is absent in me, to the point of being unable to play board games that require you to hum…

— Jeff VanderMeer

I'm interested in figuring out what freedom songs would sound like in 2016.

— Jamila Woods

What we were trying to do differently was this sort of layered sound.

— Brian May

The moon is quite a show off given the chance. The stars make a sound when they shine so bright. Water so…

— Dave Matthews

As a musician, language is almost like another instrument. Every word has a sound.

— Rosalia

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean.

— Theodor Adorno

The squeaking of the pump sounds as necessary as the music of the spheres.

— Henry David Thoreau

Puccini can be dangerous, with the passion and temperament you must have in your sound.

— Mirella Freni

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.

— Norman Granz

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

— Anonymous

The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.

— B.o.B

I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.

— Mika Brzezinski

We must be holy, because this is the only sound evidence that we have a saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

— J. C. Ryle

The word surrender sounds horrible to one who wants to enjoy his senses but very sweet to one who has a humble…

— Radhanath Swami

At one time or another, farts have coincided with every other sound, including this quote.

— Craig Benzine

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.

— Salman Rushdie

Music is nothing but sound, and there is no place for value judgement among various sounds.

— Ilaiyaraaja