Sounds are vibrations and the more you can put into that vibration, the more you can get out, action and reaction, that's… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
When you come into my pieces, it's not an intellectual experience, it's a physical experience. It's coming at your body. There's light,… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether… — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Comedy is a live art, and the only way to record a comedy rock album is to do it live. The audience… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
[With Donald Trump] we are moving into an era where a lot of people get their information through tweets and sound bites… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Compression is a necessary evil. The artists I know want to sound competitive. You don't want your track to sound quieter or… — Butch Vig Copy Share Image
I rode it once, which was up the driveway in the opening credits of the show. I didn't know how to stop… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It might sound contrary to the wisdom of the world to suggest that one who is burdened with sorrow should give thanks… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
To wait. In our lives we know joy, anger, sorrow, and a hundred other emotions, but these emotions all together occupy a… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Conservatives or better, pro-corporate apologists hijacked the vocabulary of Jeffersonian liberalism and turned words like "progress," "opportunity," and "individualism" into tools for… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The mystery of sound is mysticism; the harmony of life is religion. The knowledge of vibrations is metaphysics, the analysis of atoms… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Abenthy gave me an appraising look. I'd been waiting for it. It was the look that said, "You don't sound as young… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The word translated, koan, it means a problem. But it's a very special problem. And to strip it down to the way… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Music exists when rhythmic, melodic or harmonic order is deliberately created, and consciously listened to, and it is only language-using, self-conscious creatures… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off… — Verite Copy Share Image
I describe my sound as sugar trap, that's not really a description that's really who I am, that's my swag, that's how… — Rico Nasty Copy Share Image
When you're onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you're all on the same level, it's the… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We incorporate various electronic devices - the echo plugs and things like that. Actually, all we're trying to do is make that… — Chico Hamilton Copy Share Image
Whether you are cooking, cleaning house, or planting flowers, try to concentrate on the textures, the smells, colors, tastes, sounds, all Zen… — Jerry Lynch Copy Share Image
The ephemeral part of this work is that in music production, the sounds evolve so much faster than it used to, which… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
i'm never going to understand the Barrani." "You needn't sound so morose, Lord Kaylin. They are unlikely to understand you either." "Yes,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Look, how come he showed up now? When you have other fairies in the woods? And does that sound crazy when you… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that… — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
The Shell The sea fills my ear with sand and with fear. You may wash out the sand, but never the sound… — Ted Hughes Copy Share Image
Everyone who watches Adult Swim knows there's a sound to it, a feeling that's nostalgic sometimes, but then it's also different and… — Jay IDK Copy Share Image
I've never really been nervous about any concerts. I enjoy it so much. All that matters is getting the songs played well,… — Adam Ant Copy Share Image
When you're on a sound stage and you're shooting a fire stunt, this weird thing happens where the fire eats up all… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
I really like the sound of analog things where clearly there's something being touched. You can sense that something is handmade. So… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I don't want to sound arrogant, but the defense might shut me down on one or two out of five plays, but… — Jeremy Shockey Copy Share Image
When you hear Portuguese, if you're listening fleetingly, it's as if you're hearing Russian, which never happens with Spanish. Because the Portuguese… — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier,… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
“Oh, wearisome condition of humanity, Born under one law, to another bound; Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity, Created sick, commanded to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At one time they've been the most important thing to me. So I can't hear our records on the radio, I can't… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
We are acquainted with a mere pellicle of the globe on which we live. Most have not delved six feet beneath the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I still get butterflies. It's because there's a certain level of responsibility you carry when doing a concert. You've got to sound… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image